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pretentuoso 

individual who prides them self off of being able to do a seemingly unimportant task ridiculously well. this otherwise meaningless skill is showcased by the individual on almost a daily basis and can range from being able to spell a word correctly, pronounce a word correctly, or have some knowledge of the root of a word. obviously this person conducts them self in a somewhat grandiose manner and secretly looks down upon the people they are "innocently" correcting to elate their own ego.
john: why dont you eat normal snacks?
amanda: i always eat almonds. thats normal.
john: its ALL-mond with a long A, NOT AL-mond.
amanda: ya thats what i said, almond, and later im going to go make myself a sangwich.
john: a what? a sanGwich?
amanda: yes you pretentuoso a sangwich
pretentuoso by zepinktroll September 8, 2010
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pretentiosity 

The state or act of being pretentious - affecting an air of superiority or culture where none truly exists.
"The latest discovery of Jane Austen's unprinted masterpiece, 'Pointlessness and Pretentiosity', brings together the dramatic cycle with a fitting juxtaposition of anagnorisis and perepetaea, providing the quintessential climax and denouement if you will, to a genre that is already fucking full of shit to be honest."

Siskel and Ebert, "Two-Birdies-Up Film Reviews"
pretentiosity by HMB March 27, 2003
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pretentous 

acting more important than you actually are
brenda: yo dawg last night i got brandan in my car whoooo weeee last night yeaaa girl i tell ya shawty we did it up and down the pole

Lucie Jermaine Jackson: brenda! I tell ya brandan was playing b-ball up in BX last night, what cho fat ass talking bout being pretentous an' all that shit

branda: oh shit ya caught me gurlfriendd got yo hair did
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