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ma'amspreading

When a woman puts her purse or bag on the adjacent seat on a train or a bus to her to stop people from sitting next to her.
Helen was ma'amspreading on the Jitney to stop the DudeBros from sitting next to her.
ma'amspreading by chuck van d December 6, 2015
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Famspreading 

A family consisting of parents and several children who walk next to each other in congested areas, forcing individual pedestrians to re-direct their paths, or blocking doors, exits, lines and elevators.
"I couldn't get to the spa at the Marriott, because there was a family with 3 kids Famspreading so badly in the elevator lobby I couldn't get through!"
Famspreading by Jasonsmobile March 22, 2019

Ma'amspreading

The female version of manspreading . Done mostly by women who are not concerned with being lady-like. May also apply in cases where women block a seat with her bags/purse.
Excuse me lady, but could you stop ma'amspreading and let me sit down?
Ma'amspreading by Kanna-Chan June 27, 2018

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