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Fellow Kids Effect

The phenomenon where attempts by outsiders (often older generations, authority figures, or brands) to adopt the language, style, or trends of youth culture are perceived by the in-group as forced, inauthentic, and cringeworthy.
You see that new Geico commercial that used the word Skibidi? That was some Fellow Kids effect shit right there.

how do you do fellow kids 

"how do you do fellow kids" is a term to use when companies or quite literally anything try to be all cool and hip with the youth.
normal & rational person: i hate opera gx's marketing

opera gx: how do you do fellow kids?

wendy's: how do you do fellow kids?

normal & rational person: can you guys stfu

Follow the kids 

Play follow the leader with girls and take off your shirt. Walk up to a group of 7 year olds and rub those nips. They ask if you wanna hang out so you do. You watch 2 girls one cup while eating chocolate ice cream
You guys wanna go to the park and follow the kids?
Follow the kids by anonymous March 10, 2021

Stealthie 

when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.

This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"

FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"
Stealthie by gwenhyfar October 2, 2016
Word of the Day on May 25, 2026

Summer Teeth 

When someone has a lot of missing teeth.
Mannn, that dude has summer teeth!
What do you mean?
Summer here, summer there...
Summer Teeth by BeckPot August 2, 2012
Word of the Day on May 24, 2026
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”
Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026
Word of the Day on May 23, 2026