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blacklisting 

One who accuses another person of being a communist. The words origin is from the early 1950s during the red scare. Many celebrities were blacklisted
Leonard Bernstein the verdict has just come in. The jury has come to the conclusion that you are a communist. Good day to you sir and may God have mercy on your soul.

This was an act of blacklisting
blacklisting by Leopold Sampsonite February 7, 2006

Blackfishing 

When a white person has purposely made themselves appear black on the internet
Person 1: have you seen beckys new post? She’s literally Facetuned herself so much. She looks black!
Person 2: she’s blackfishing
Blackfishing by definitionzz November 11, 2019
Word of the Day on February 5, 2022

Blackfishing 

Commonly perpetrated by females of European descent (white) which involves artificial tanning (spray tanning and tanning booths) and using makeup to manipulate facial features in order to appear to have some type of Black African ancestry.

The general point of blackfishing is for a female of European descent to appear of African, Arab, or Hispanic ancestry.

Some consider it to be equivalent to modern day “black face” because it capitalizes off the looks of historically oppressed groups of people by people who come from more privileged backgrounds.
“Emma Hallberg is a beautiful mixed race Swede.”

“No, Emma isn’t mixed race, she’s just blackfishing.”

“They want to be black without being black.”
Blackfishing by Lebanese Bebe November 18, 2018

Blackfishing 

Blackfishing is someone who is not black pretending like they are black
Blackfishing person: I am not white, im black

Black person: shut the fuck up
Blackfishing by anonymous April 26, 2022

blacklining heinies 

To chug a heinekin bottle to the blackline. This is a drinking game becoming popular in Both the US and Canada. The person who is farthest from the blackline loses and typically buys the round or does a shot.
At the bar yesterday everyone got wasted blacklining heinies.
blacklining heinies by dbm7 October 18, 2008

Blackfishing 

The fine art of fishing for Tautog on rock piles and wrecks with green crabs. Typically off the NewJersey coast in about 40 to 140 feet of water depending on the season. Best times to go are November to January.
Guy- Yo Spank! It’s cold
Out there with some ice burgs in the bay but it is the best time to do some blackfishing!!

Spanky- you got that right Guy!! nothing better than blackfishing, loading up the boat with em and cooking those babies on the smoker!!!! Woooo!

Captain - let’s go then! Perfect blackfishing weather this morning!!!
Blackfishing by Myculo February 27, 2021
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Surf Dracula Syndrome 

A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.

For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
Word of the Day on October 24, 2026

Northstarring

Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
Northstarring by Light Bearer October 22, 2026
Word of the Day on October 23, 2026

Plate of Brown 

A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brown will also be accompanied by a dark soda.
Wanna go to meal hall & grab a plate of brown?
Plate of Brown by Cheddar Craigson September 18, 2020
Word of the Day on October 22, 2026

Larpenomics

When finance content creators rent out fancy cars and flex cash to seem richer than they really are in order to promote and sell their “get rich quick” courses.
Andrew Tate has mastered the field of larpenomics
Larpenomics by Rbois09 October 21, 2026
Word of the Day on October 21, 2026

Palmela Handerson 

Your hand that you masturbate with.
Girlfriend: What are you going to do for the next week while I'm on holiday?

Boyfriend: Have a visit from Palmela Handerson of course!
Word of the Day on October 20, 2026
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