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meta-narrative

A set of socially acceptable actions and milestones as deemed by general society to follow through your life that will bring you happiness. In western society this means, being born, going to school then university, meeting someone, marrying them, buying a house together, having kids and then dying.
Mmmm yeah it just seems like John hasn’t really questioned the meta-narrative you know... he’s just kind of doing what is expected of him.
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meta-narrative

1. A postmodernism bullshit term oftenly used by CNN reporters to sound smart.
2. A favorite term of Mike from Indiana otherwise known as PsychoPere on Trekbbs.

The enlightment theory of rational though is a meta-narrative.

Meta-narrative

And it isn't 3 note.
Hym "No. Shithead. There is an entire anime dedicated to the multiplicity of meta-narrative that can be derived from this. What the actual fuck are you talking about? Do you know it's name? It's coming out with a 3rd season. There are literally dozens of meta-narrative in here. It's a literal masterpiece by all relevant metrics."
Meta-narrative by Hym Iam April 10, 2023

Metanarrative Dissonance 

Metanarrative Dissonance is an incongruence between the narrative of a game (the story) and the outside parts unrelated to the story nor the game itself (real life related features).
+ Why are the illustrations made by this character so different to each other? I thought they had a unique style.

- Must've been made by different ppl irl. Metanarrative Dissonance sucks.

Summer Teeth 

When someone has a lot of missing teeth.
Mannn, that dude has summer teeth!
What do you mean?
Summer here, summer there...
Summer Teeth by BeckPot August 2, 2012
Word of the Day on May 24, 2026
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.”
Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026
Word of the Day on May 23, 2026
well known from south park
rednecks get angrry that future folk took there jobs so they yell
They took ouare jerbs!
Them future folk took ouare jerbs!
jerb by Jimberley Kim April 7, 2005
Word of the Day on May 22, 2026