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Superiority Complex

Having the need to feel superior than others by means of intelligence, athleticism, or any other measurable trait.
Caroline always corrects my grammar when we're talking online. Her superiority complex is so annoying and unnecessary because anyone could understand the point I'm trying to convey, but she still goes to the extremes of addressing the smallest of errors. :v

Sean always talks about the plays he made while playing football, even when trying to compliment others for their play. It's just a natural superiority complex that he has, where he feels the need to boast about himself in order to feel accomplished.
Superiority Complex by maraaaaaathon September 2, 2013

Superiority Complex

A Superiority Complex is the belief that one holds some value (societal or monetary) over another and acts as if they were born from a golden womb. Superiority Complexes are often seen in low-income neighborhoods when a member of the community gains more capital than their neighbors, and is most commonly associated with upper-middle and 'upper' class members of society.

While often involving tradable goods or currency, Superiority Complexes can also stem from sexism and IS NOT limited to either sex. Anyone can be uppity, snooty, snobbish, or pretentious. It doesn't fucking matter where you come from or what you were born as.
Man 1: "Dude, I just got these new work boots and they're pretty comfy."

Man 2: "Same here! I got Red Wings; what did you get?"

Man 1: "Just some Sketchers, but the memory foam-"

Man 2: "Uh, you might want to spend a little more next time, bud."

Man 1: "Why?"

Man 2: "Only the fashion-blind and poor wear Sketchers."

Man 1: "... The fuck? Does it really matter? You need to drop that Superiority Complex."
Superiority Complex by GhostMagic February 6, 2018

Age Superiority 

The belief or delusion that one is far better in knowledge, experience and in life lessons just because they are elder than you by a second.
Person 1 : I know more than you, I was born earlier than you by a millisecond.

Person 2 : Clearly the case of Age Superiority!
Age Superiority by Asscow May 26, 2013

Superiority Complex

Superiority complex refers to a subconscious neurotic mechanism of compensation developed by the individual as a result of feelings of inferiority.

The feelings of inferiority in this specific complex are often brought on by social rejection, possibly as a result of the individual's inattentiveness to hygiene, appearance, or lower intelligence as compared to others.

-Wikipedia
We also call people with Superiority Complexes overpowered Hunters.
Superiority Complex by Hlalzle March 1, 2008

Illusory superiority

a cognitive bias that causes people to overestimate their positive qualities and abilities and to underestimate their negative qualities, relative to others. This is evident in a variety of areas including intelligence, performance on tasks or tests and the possession of desirable characteristics or personality traits. It is one of many positive illusions relating to the self, and is a phenomenon studied in social psychology.
I hate people with Illusory superiority. They're all just a dick to society.
Illusory superiority by TheNotADick January 23, 2011

Meta-status Superiority 

The superiority one feels when they post a status on Facebook complaining about how bad other statuses are.

Whilst such a meta-status often attracts many likes because many people agree, it is becoming an increasingly popular trend for people who think that they are clearly better than those who post depressing and emotional statuses onto Facebook.

Such statuses are known to often contain the words "emo", "depressing", "life story" and "stop complaining". May also contain other Facebook elements such as 'likes' or 'inboxing'.
A real life, copy pasted example of a meta-status: "I do not come on Facebook to read your diary or your life story, nor do I come on here to read your pointless statuses every half an hour and NO I don't want to like for a like or an inbox.. Give it a rest!" Here, the user clearly feels a sense of meta-status superiority.
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Respectfully 

Precedes or follows either a gratuitously disrespectful or honest remark, originated in New York City. Used in similar fashion to "no offense" or "to be honest," interchangeably.
Ya mans is wild buns, respectfully. Respectfully he's washed.

After school, The Modells on Jamaica Ave was active. Respectfully.
Respectfully by john quan the first December 20, 2020
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You met me at a very Chinese time in my life

A moment in time where you feel distinctly Chinese over all other things.
Dante: "I wish I could be Nigerian, but I can't because I'm Chinese. You met me at a very Chinese time in my life."
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Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.

Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.

Modified derivative of granola.
"I need more crunchy guys in my life. I'm so tired of dating preppy metrosexual assholes."

"I'm heading out to the crunchy store to pick up some fair trade chocolate and tea tree oil, do you need anything?"
crunchy by EBC July 11, 2007
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A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.
Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.
Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026
Word of the Day on September 23, 2026

murderhobo 

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.
DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.
murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021
Word of the Day on September 22, 2026
In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.
"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."
Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020
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