n. a general term of explanation following a random spree shooting of occupied buildings; a catch-all motive for irrational violence; an informal legal term enveloping an invalid theory of defense
v. to frusterate (-ed)
"I shot up my exgirlfreind's house while she and her mother were inside, and also the convencience store on the corner, as well as the diner down the street, but it was only because of my frusteration with the current state of political affairs."
"You can't frusterate me like that and not expect to be shanked."
"Your honor, my client would not have burned down the victim's mailbox had she not continuously frusterated him by allowing her dog to defecate in his yard."
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.
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.”