The belief in what doing what needs to be done, fueled by discipline, rather than a reliance on short-term motivation.
Joe is part of the NoToMotivation movement, he does what he needs to do because of his unwavering discipline, not motivation he got from a David Goggins TikTok.
From the southern vernacular of American English (often the African American vernacular in particular). When people from the southern regions of the US who speak slang say the phrase, “know what I’m talking about,” it sounds like “nomtombat.”
“I ain’t gottime for my homework tonight, I’m about to hit the sheets instead... nomtombat? “
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.
FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"
FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"