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tumblrculosis

A disease which causes one to spend all of their free time on tumblr. Symptoms include fever, starvation, extreme feels, and eyestrain.
Andrew suffers from a severe case of tumblrculosis. He spends hours per day on the site and never does any of his classwork.
tumblrculosis by TimeBaum February 11, 2013

Tumblrism 

A bastard deviant child of Socialism and Self-Victimization where one claims they support the building of a socialist state, without providing the means of doing so. A substantial amount of the ideas used to support Tumblrism were conceived during collective conversations on Tumblr (particularly Tumblr safespace).
Guy 1: Did you see that facebook post about Bernie Sanders that Tiffany posted?
Guy 2: Yeah, total trash dude. Tumblrism is a cancer.
Tumblrism by cammy cam cam May 16, 2016

Tumblrism 

A form of escapism from reality by using Tumblr all day and night.
Sorry to say this, but you show some serious tumblrism symptoms. We shall make everything in our powers to find a cure.
Tumblrism by Poble March 28, 2013

Tumblrfucking

When two or more Tumblr users with blogs of primarily erotic content are liking & reblogging each other's content in real time, meaning all parties are online at the same time, leading to mutual sexual arousal.
"Man, I was browsing through this hot lady's blog of sexy stuff last night, and the next thing I know, we were Tumblrfucking for about an hour or so. "
Tumblrfucking by Averagejoe316 September 28, 2018

TumblrTime 

The amount of time that seems to have passed while on Tumblr, compared to the amount of time that has actually passed. Such as going on at 3 o'clock for only 5 minutes, then looking at the clock and seeing that it is now 6 o'clock. What it feels like to be on Tumblr.
If only being at school felt like TumblrTime, I'd finish all my classes in an instant!
TumblrTime by edgesofedict May 29, 2013

Tumblrism 

When somebody is addicted to Tumblr. Meow. The thought that your life wouldn't be right without it.
Mum: Get off the computer! I bet you're on Tumblr again!
Me: Mum you know I have Tumblrism, going cold turkey would take into withdrawal!
Tumblrism by Voldemortkilledme! August 2, 2012
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You didn't get any napkins with your takeout pork fried rice? Womp womp.
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When your wife’s boyfriend let you sleep past 8pm 😎😎
Wife’s boyfriend: You have 5 more minutes
Me: Poggers!
Poggers by Just_Charles April 14, 2020
Word of the Day on October 26, 2026

Oblication 

A vacation, feeling more like an obligation, that involves visiting or staying with family.
So Joe where are you taking the kids for spring break vacation? We are going on an oblication to Boca to visit my mother-in-law.
Oblication by kimmerr May 5, 2011
Word of the Day on October 25, 2026

Surf Dracula Syndrome 

A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.

For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
Word of the Day on October 24, 2026

Northstarring

Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
Northstarring by Light Bearer October 22, 2026
Word of the Day on October 23, 2026
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