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noun
the ability to express oneself fluently and grammatically in speech.
ORIGIN 1960s: from Latin os, or- ‘mouth,’ on the pattern of literacy.
We hear a lot about literacy, a little about numeracy, but nothing at all about oracy, in the context of education.
oracy by Pepys April 10, 2008
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oracyl new

This is a lady whom has lived through times and will give advise. Don’t ask if you don’t want to know.
Respect the oracyl new. Destiny happens.
oracyl new by Oracyl New October 4, 2018

oracyice 

The act of ditching your friend when he needs female advise
I totally Oracyiced dalton today!
oracyice by Wolf pack 18 February 19, 2015

Stealthie 

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?"
Stealthie by gwenhyfar October 2, 2016
Word of the Day on May 25, 2026

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