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Cellivate 

The pavlovian act of reaching, or needing to reach, for one's cell phone in a group social setting in response to someone else's cell phone activity (usually a ring, or vibration, or merely lighting up).

Cellivation is an emergent behavior in cell-phone dominated cultures and can cause significant disruptions in group social activity (see example below).
A group of people are at brunch engaged in a deep conversation about social psychology. Suddenly, a cell phone on the table vibrates. Before the person can reach their cell phone, the conversation abruptly stops as people reach for their cell phones. This is cellivation at its cultural worst. "KQ's cell phone rang causing Scott to cellivate and interrupt the conversation, subsequently helping to invent this word"
Cellivate by Jan Drake October 8, 2007

Jellivated 

A word used to describe an exciting moment, or an exciting activity, that one might say is lit and or fun. Used when something is cool. Not to be confused with jellified, this word has nothing to do with being jealous.
James: Are you going to put some jelly on your toast?
Jasmine: yes, its about to get jellivated!!!

Jessica: Dude you're so jellivated
Mike: Jellivated beyond belief

Sara: *seeing a friend at a sporting event* "OMG Sean! I cant believe you are here too, small world"
Sean: Wow Sara, this is so Jellivated!!!
Jellivated by jcpowa October 23, 2018

The Jellinator 

the jellinator is a jello shot making tool that enables you to make jello shots faster than you even thought possible. basically you can spend less time making them and more time consuming them.
Dude, i can't believe we just made like 1000 jello shots in an hour.. the jellinator is going to be the death of us.

Jellyvator

1: An incredibly slow elevator that is in fact a giant jellyfish. The first known jellyvator appeared in World of Warcraft's five-man dungeon, Throne of Tides.
Man - have you played Throne of Tides yet? The jellyvator takes like five minutes a round trip! Good thing they put in a teleporter.
Jellyvator by Impathy December 22, 2010

Jellywater 

Referring to a man's dripping hair gel, through either melting or being washed out.
"It was hot out today, ended up getting jellywater on my trousers after I fell asleep in the sun.
Jellywater by clorkson23 June 25, 2022
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WhimZ by WhimZ! November 5, 2026
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Frothability 

The measure of an emotional and over zealous consumer in an upwardly charging market, also known as a bull market. It's characterized by rising asset prices, increased investor confidence, and favorable growth in the markets, bro.
The frothability was evident as over-zealous consumers eagerly engaged in bidding wars, driving property prices to unsustainable levels reminiscent of previous speculative bubbles.
Frothability by cptn.kagaroo1 January 26, 2024
Word of the Day on November 12, 2026

Soul digger

A man who dates women with the sole purpose of exploiting their time, energy, and labor while he sucks the joy and happiness from their lives.
"That guy's a soul digger. He'll expect you to work full time, but you'll be doing all the cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping, and childcare while he plays video games or watches TV."
Soul digger by anonymous November 11, 2026
Word of the Day on November 11, 2026

pod person 

A person pretending to be something they aren't, or an impostor. This is inferred because of the old alien movies where alien pods appear on earth and the "pod people" dispose of the humans and slowly reproduce the bodies, pretending to be humans.
The pod person was pretending to be my father, but I knew that he was an alien when he acted differently than my father ever would have.
pod person by Christopher M. May 9, 2005
Word of the Day on November 10, 2026
A dead drop is a location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet.

Spies have been known to use dead drops, using various techniques to hide the items and to signal that the drop has been made. Drug dealers use this as well.

A common place is to duct tape the item to the underside of a toilet cover in a public restroom.

A signal is sometimes used as well to indicate there is something to pickup, like a pile of stones in a certain formation. After checking the drop the signal is removed.
"The dead drop is the restroom toilet at the Gulf station at the corner of Commercial Ave. and Georges Rd."
dead drop by rubberroom July 23, 2008
Word of the Day on November 9, 2026

No Surprises Wedding

A "No Surprises Wedding," or NSW, is a wedding invitation designation that tells attendees that there can be no unplanned announcements, engagements, events or speeches at the wedding - all actions must be pre-approved by the couple. Anyone who performs an unapproved "surprise" will be asked to leave the wedding early.

This designation comes from Reddit, where so many stories of bad wedding behavior indicated a need to communicate expectations for the wedding behavior of attendees.
You are cordially invited to the nuptials of Brian and Tom on October 31 at noon.

Please note that this wedding is child-free (under 10) and a No Surprises Wedding (NSW). Reach out to wedding planner Sami Smith to request approvals or exceptions; please note that exceptions will be rare. Limited child care for under-10s will be available. All approvals will be noted and included in planning. Unapproved, or surprise exceptions, will result in guests being asked to leave.
Word of the Day on November 8, 2026
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