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Inflection 

The emotional energy attached to the words you speak. The inflection of the word is changed by tone and or pronunciation that you use.
Okay is a multifaceted word that is mainly articulated by the inflection you use.
Inflection by Ryandennisgeorge March 12, 2025

inflection deflection 

when someone, in an effort to seem like they care, pronounces your name differently every time you see each other to deflect from the fact you have nothing to talk about or are too busy to remember anything about this person
Frank: "Benjamin (BEN juh men), what's new?"
Benjamin: "Well I'm getting married in a month."
Frank: "NO WAY MAN! CONGRATULATIONS!"

- 1 month later -

Frank: "So Benjamin (ben juh MEN), how's life?"
Benjamin: "Great. I got married Saturday."
Frank: "NO WAY MAN! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?!"
Benjamin: "I did and your inflection deflection isn't helping."

Inflection confusion 

When you mistakenly use the wrong inflection at the end of a sentence, resulting in confusion from both the listening and speaking parties
Guy 1: man that cheeseburger was tasty as hell??

Guy 2: wtf did you just say dude

Guy 1: sorry man serious case of inflection confusion

Inflection Klaxon 

You type this in brackets when you say something that could be misinterpreted in textual form so as not to cause undue offence to people.

By putting this after phrases, you can easily banter someone on WhatsApp etc without them having a strop cos you think they're really digging you out.
Drew, you are such an absolute gimp inflection klaxon
Inflection Klaxon by BigJM January 6, 2021

point of inflection 

Calculus: A point at which the concavity of a mathematical function changes. Points of inflection occur where the second derivative f''(x)=0, and where f'''(x) doesn't =0.
OF COURSE this is urban slang. "Whazzap wit da point of inflection, biatch?"
point of inflection by Aaronak January 14, 2005

British inflection

When someone isn’t British but acts and sounds British to the point they are mistaken to be British. Usually not being from British descent they just naturally come off as if they were born there.
“They have a British inflection despite being from Australia”
British inflection by Numulic February 20, 2023
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Wife’s boyfriend: You have 5 more minutes
Me: Poggers!
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Oblication 

A vacation, feeling more like an obligation, that involves visiting or staying with family.
So Joe where are you taking the kids for spring break vacation? We are going on an oblication to Boca to visit my mother-in-law.
Oblication by kimmerr May 5, 2011
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Surf Dracula Syndrome 

A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.

For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
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