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Nikhedonia

The joy of thinking about probable future success-.
Jeff: "Dude, I had a dream in which I worked so hard that I got all the money"

Bezos: "Good that Nikhedonia isn't supporting our hyper capitalistic system in such a way that people dream about future materialistic glory through hard work and labor which in our monopolistic society is just a myth upheld by the upper class trying to get the most out of their laborers."

Jeff: "what"

Bezos: "Down with the bourgeoisie!! Long live the society of the proletarians!!!"
Nikhedonia by Erik Uden September 25, 2020
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nikhedonia

1. That feeling you get when you are certain your favorite sports team is going to win, or you are certain you are going to beat a level in a video game, etc.

2. When you're taking a huge dump and then you eat your poop so that your toilet stays clean.
Victoria felt a sense of nikhedonia when her dog was about to win best in show.
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NIKHEDONIA

What do you get when you combine “Nike”—the Greek goddess of victory (and apparently, the patron saint of running shoes)—and “Hedone” the Greek word meaning “pleasure?” Nikhedonia, obviously.

This word means the feeling of excitement or elation that comes over you when you anticipate success.
For example, you’re playing a friendly game of Chess and suddenly realize the moves you need to make to checkmate your opponent. Or suppose you’re watching your favorite football team play a close game against their big rivals and at the end of the game you see they’re about to kick the winning field goal. That’s nikhedonia.
NIKHEDONIA by Abundance Love January 12, 2025
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
An Irish phrase meaning shit, derived from ass
(Not to be confused with the literal description of one's buttocks)
"Did you hear the song Aylek$ dropped?"
"Hardly. Her music is absolute cheeks."

"My boyfriend say LaFlame is cheeks."
"Tell your boyfriend I said it's his mixtape that's cheeks."
Cheeks by thecartisan April 26, 2020
Word of the Day on May 21, 2026

sans sheriff 

Lawless use of fonts or typography, with no regard to aesthetics or legibility
I'm putting this CV straight in the bin. Written totally sans sheriff.
sans sheriff by Jamarley July 3, 2019
Word of the Day on May 20, 2026