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misanthropology 

A non-academic field of unscientific study dedicated to understanding how and why human beings are so shitty to one another
Where anthropology is the study of humanity; misanthropology is the study of inhumanity
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misanthropology 

the scientific study of the origin, the behavior, and the physical, social, and cultural development of hatred in humans
misanthropology-the opposite of optimistology
misanthropology by nihilistbarbie January 8, 2006

manthropology 

The study of the dating practices of the human male, especially as they relate to other aspects of male existence. Subsets include cultural manthropology (what happens during guys' nights out),linguistic manthropology (what it means when they say they want to "take a break"), malecheology (study of items found in closets and under beds after they "clean up" the apartment), and physical manthropology (things they insist their last girlfriend totally enjoyed
doing).
As a dedicated student of manthropology, Barbara could tell
that Jack's insistence he pay for dinner had less to do with chivalry than with his desire to impress the waitress who, as he kept noting, had a rad tattoo.
manthropology by capitolchick December 30, 2007
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Northstarring

Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
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