wall hugger

Noun. A person who is socially awkward and not outgoing.

Stems from people who go swimming but just hang on the edge because they are too scared to actually swim.

Also comes from the popular 80s movie Sixteen Candles, at the school dance there a bunch of freshman nerds who just lean against the wall and scope out chicks but just hug the wall the whole time

EXAMPLE 1
"Check out those wall huggers over there."
"Ha, such nerds."

EXAMPLE 2
"How was the club last night."
"Shit man it sucked, just a bunch of wall huggers and sluts."

wall hugger by ALkapwn007 September 25, 2011

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wall huger

the person in the way back at a massive event just watching everybody else having a good time dancing,nozzing,etc..

When me and esmir went to hit the dance floor we could see little bobby jack being a wall huger in the way back.

wall huger by xrated92 November 21, 2009

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Wall Huggers

A play on the term 'Tree Huggers'.

On facebook, where two or more people (friends) fill the need to self-consciously have conversations on each others walls so the whole world can see. Its usually in the form of in/personal jokes, banter, boasting or organising an event/outing/social gathering

Guy: Why the hell does Tristian and Hamish feel the need to clog up my news feed with this random conversation that no one wants to see or read! Why can't they use chat or message each other?

Guy 2: They are Wall Huggers.

Wall Huggers by SomeGuyCalledSomething June 5, 2011

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wall hogger

People who are stuck to a wall, charging their mobile phones

Look at those wall hoggers charging their phones on the wall outlet

wall hogger by Skeetra Nemkova May 17, 2016

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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

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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

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Grindset

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

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