1) More or less the exact opposite of trolling, humaning involves not being a complete and total asshat in every way imaginable, by doing things like not swearing all the time, being genuinely helpful, or being polite despite having no reason to be.

2) Trolling, but doing it very, very poorly. There is no way that anyone, ever, will be upset in any way by an attempt at humaning. At the very worst, they may find it slightly uncomfortable.

1) John: Did you see that rich kid going to the homeless shelter last night?
Dave: Yeah, turns out he was doing a ridiculous amount of humaning.

2) "That idiot spent about an hour trying to troll me, but he was really just humaning. I almost cried from laughing so hard."

Humaning by Insufferable Prick February 11, 2012

Humaning

A word that an alien would most likely come up with to describe or explain the actions of a human crewmate.

Alien 1: What is Human Kate doing? She has been screaming at her personal data device for over an hour!
Alien 2: Just ignore her when she's humaning.

Humaning by partyofnone March 5, 2021

Humaning

The actions that only humans normally do in everyday life. Dishes, jobs, eating, wearing clothes, etc.

I'm tired af rn; I've done enough humaning for one day.

Humaning by Softcorecorn19 August 4, 2021

humaning

human death

the that human is humaning another human

humaning by ekdneifhobvpuefwghweriuowsf January 6, 2022

Professional Humaning

(verb) Being a Professional Human.

Due to his professional humaning skills, he continuously creates extraordinary human interactions.

Professional Humaning by BigDawg63 May 13, 2023

Whale

In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.

"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."

Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020

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