Staying abstinent from news for various reasons, i.e., to avoid consuming any news. Timescales may vary greatly. The extent of newstinence might differ between strict (absolutely no news) to a more moderate level (for example indirect or involuntary news consumption via friends, acquaintances, colleagues, etc.). Can also be used as an adjective, e.g., staying newstinent for some time.

Might be only applicable and sensible to some extent, which depends on the personal situation of an individual as well as the geopolitical situation of their country of residence.

person A: "With all that is going on in the world, reading about all that stuff everyday, I can't anymore, I just can't."
person B: "I know that feeling and newstinence helped me a lot. Been doing it for two years now, but even just staying newstinent for like two weeks might help you feeling better already."

newstinence by newstinence October 4, 2022

Rapstinence

{Noun} The act of voluntarily committing to abstain from listening to rap music based on a biased opinion. Most of the time these are stupid reasons like "rap isnt music, its garbage" or "rap isnt pleasing to Jesus"

People who do this have really bad taste in music and are always prepared with a handful of crappy slogans such as, "Rap is Crap!" or "RAP=retards attempting poetry!"

Normal Kid: Hey let's listen to the new Snoop Dogg album I just bought!

Luis: No thank you, i just took a rapstinence pledge. Lets listen to something else like... DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE!!

Normal Kid: *leaves the room*

Rapstinence by PreachinPeaches October 31, 2009

Rapstinence

when someone completely refrains from indulging in rap music until he or she truly feels gangster enough.

Zack - turn off that wu-tang.

Dan - why?

Zack - Rapstinence Dan, im saving myself until i am that special person.

Rapstinence by jolly Green July 10, 2012

hapstinence

When you have been celibate, but only by coincidence. You would like to be having sex, it just hasn't happened.

"Yeah, it's been a pretty long dry spell. No matter what I try, I'm stuck practicing hapstinence."

hapstinence by southcounty05 January 14, 2017

Galantir

A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.

Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.

Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026

Word of the Day on September 23, 2026

murderhobo

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.

DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.

murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021

Word of the Day on September 22, 2026

Whale

In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.

"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."

Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020

Word of the Day on September 21, 2026

Concrete cowboy

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.

Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.

Concrete cowboy by EugeneJohnson42000 March 16, 2024

Word of the Day on September 20, 2026

hobo loko

any hard liquor that is cheap & potent.. eg. relska, popov, potters, evan williams, kamchatka, fireball, rumpleminze, southern comfort, everclear

hey let's get a drink of that?

go ahead
*takes drink* ugh wtf is that?

everclear & bepsi
fucking hobo loko eeessshh

hobo loko by d i z k o 2 0 8 September 14, 2026

Word of the Day on September 19, 2026

God Shot

A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".

Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."

God Shot by Imogen1564 February 25, 2011

Word of the Day on September 18, 2026