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broken soul

An emotionally/mentally unstable (or less stable than normal) person due to life challenges, recent taxing events, or the actions/behaviours of another person. This person may feel at the point of just crawling into a corner, breaking down, and crying due to sentiments of inadequacy, feebleness, and utter worthlessness. In extreme cases, thoughts of suicide or other forms of violence might arise for the purpose to, simply put, "just end it."

And such a person is oft secluded, excessively sensitive, and/or too humble because the person might feel unworthy of any aid or love from anyone, including those who want to help and/or love. And while a soul cannot literally be broken, the person's ego may be conflicted to the point where a person no longer feels like the same person. The person may be going through the motions daily and may even have trouble enjoying favourite pastimes.

A person who self-describes as a "broken soul," or a shattered soul, can get better, but time away from what is causing the person anguish or psychiatric/psychological help is usually needed.
With the passing of both of their parents, Jack and Jill no longer found the will to go up the hill like always. Neighbours, at this point, thought they were broken souls, but any and all attempts to comfort them and take their minds off of their loss were rejected.
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She was a bleeding soul who loved his broken heart 

You had been broken so many times. You still loved him knowing you were both broken. You had a broken soul, he had a broken heart, but you stuck together... until he left.
“She was a bleeding soul who loved his broken heart, even when he left and made her bleed even more.”

BrokenSkulls 

An overweight, broke whale with a dirt driveway
As soon as I went to their house, I immediately knew they were a BrokenSkulls...
BrokenSkulls by crutis May 11, 2021

bang a you-ee 

of Massachusetts orig. "to make a u-turn"
hey, we missed the bar, bang a you-ee
Word of the Day on July 19, 2026
The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.
"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"
Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013
Word of the Day on July 18, 2026
To take something small, that doesn't quite qualify as a theft. Probably from the Danish "skæv" or the Dutch "scheef", both of which are pronounced similarly, meaning "askew, or not quite right'. To change an item's ownership without permission, but only something small and of little worth.
"I skeefed an apple off the neighbor's tree." "I skeefed some chips outta your bag when you looked away." "Don't skeef my chair when I go to the bathroom."
Skeef by kachinaflonk July 16, 2026
Word of the Day on July 17, 2026

Hair spider

A tight, tangled knot of loose hair and lint that forms inside clothing during the clothes dryer cycle. It typically hides inside garments, causing an annoying lump or a phantom tickling sensation against the skin until it is found or falls out onto the floor during folding.
I was folding my clothes and a huge hair spider fell out onto my hand
Hair spider by Kmorsels July 15, 2026
Word of the Day on July 16, 2026