Lurchism is the act of having a consistent belief but lurching violently in your opinions about details of that thing. Lurchism happens when a lurchist says anything about anything, he or she willlurch to the opposite position within a few days. Lurchism was defined and mastered by writer Pablo Friedman.
Julian is a lurchist, one day he says he loves a girl the next he dumps her in a vindictive manner. He always wants to find the right woman, but his lurchism prevents him.
Mary is a lurchist, she is patriotic toward Russia but is always lurching between her opinions about the war in Ukraine. Sometimes she thinks it is necessary for various reasons, other times she thinks it is a pointless land grab.
church hurt is where you experience a degree of distance, pain, or judgement from your church community. Essentially, you are just unable to “find your place”. This is prevalent in the Christian community, but can be extended to other religions.
Now that I am an adult I am beginning to heal from the church hurt that was inflicted on me as a child.
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.