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folklorist 

An individual who studies folklore and/or folklife for a living.

Often identifiable by their peculiar clothing, meager incomes, and the ability to talk about how "everyday stuff" is actually pretty cool and meaningful in larger scheme of things. As a profession, you could say that they are the ultimate collectors and bearers of tradition.
Tom: Hey, Dick! That guy with the longish hair, tweed jacket, and neatly groomed facial hair told me that the Paul Bunyan tall tale was actually a fake!

Dick: You just now figured that out? That dude is a folklorist. He knows these things and is awesome because of it. Now go make me a sandwich.
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folklorist 

An individual who studies folklore and/or folklife for a living.

Often identifiable by their peculiar clothing, meager incomes, and ability to talk about how "everyday stuff" is actually pretty cool and meaningful in the larger scheme of things. As a profession, you could say that they are the ultimate collectors and bearers of tradition.
Tom: Hey, Dick! That guy with the longish hair, tweed jacket, and neatly groomed facial hair told me that the Paul Bunyan tall tale was actually a fake!

Dick: You just now figured that out? That dude is a folklorist. He knows these things and is awesome because of it. Now go make me a sandwich.

folkloreisaoty 

a 14 year old flop on stan twitter that got canceled by taylucifernation.
@folkloreisaoty deactivate xoxo by @repurobyn
folkloreisaoty by flop1501 October 11, 2020

folkloreinthealps 

very pretty and one of my fav mutuals 😣 theyre on tiktok @folklore.inthealps
folkloreinthealps is on tiktok, and they’re very cool

folklorification 

Used inside the swiftie community as a way to describe Taylor making things fit into the folklore aesthetic, specifically the re-record album covers
“Did you see the cover for this love Taylor’s version?”

“I know. The folklorification of 1989

folklorico 

A Mexican cultural dance. Used with large skirts in most states of Mexico. Some notable folklorico dances are: La bruja, Son de la negra, La bamba, Tilingo Lingo, and Jarabe Tapatío.
I teach folklorico on mondays.

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