yeldah
noun
1. A retelling of past events that creates a self-serving version of the story by twisting facts, leaving out important context, or reversing people’s roles to make the storyteller look better, often portraying them as innocent, heroic, or wronged.
2. A disingenuous person who knowingly tells such a story.
Adjective
1. Shady, deceptive, suspicious, or not quite truthful, especially when something seems deliberately presented in a misleading way.
1. A retelling of past events that creates a self-serving version of the story by twisting facts, leaving out important context, or reversing people’s roles to make the storyteller look better, often portraying them as innocent, heroic, or wronged.
2. A disingenuous person who knowingly tells such a story.
Adjective
1. Shady, deceptive, suspicious, or not quite truthful, especially when something seems deliberately presented in a misleading way.
“Is that fiction, nonfiction, or yeldah?”
“The events were real. The version you heard was yeldah.”
“It’s a yeldah: the narrator remembers everyone’s mistakes except their own and lies whenever the truth makes them look bad.”
“They left out everything they did and started the story with your reaction. Classic yeldah.”
“A yeldah remembers every detail except the ones that make them look bad.”
“By the time that yeldah finished telling the story, the person who started the problem was somehow the victim.”
“He broke the promise, then told everyone you were unreasonable for being upset. Total yeldah.”
“Don’t ask a yeldah what happened. Ask what happened before their version starts.”
“She called it setting the record straight, but she switched everyone’s roles. Classic yeldah.”
“A yeldah’s autobiography belongs in the fiction section.”
“That story sounds like a yeldah.”
“He’s such a yeldah.”
“That’s kinda yeldah.” = “That’s kinda shady.”
“Don’t get yeldah with the details now.”
“Something about that whole story feels yeldah.”
“That excuse sounds yeldah as hell.”
“I don’t know if it’s technically a lie, but it’s definitely yeldah.”
“The events were real. The version you heard was yeldah.”
“It’s a yeldah: the narrator remembers everyone’s mistakes except their own and lies whenever the truth makes them look bad.”
“They left out everything they did and started the story with your reaction. Classic yeldah.”
“A yeldah remembers every detail except the ones that make them look bad.”
“By the time that yeldah finished telling the story, the person who started the problem was somehow the victim.”
“He broke the promise, then told everyone you were unreasonable for being upset. Total yeldah.”
“Don’t ask a yeldah what happened. Ask what happened before their version starts.”
“She called it setting the record straight, but she switched everyone’s roles. Classic yeldah.”
“A yeldah’s autobiography belongs in the fiction section.”
“That story sounds like a yeldah.”
“He’s such a yeldah.”
“That’s kinda yeldah.” = “That’s kinda shady.”
“Don’t get yeldah with the details now.”
“Something about that whole story feels yeldah.”
“That excuse sounds yeldah as hell.”
“I don’t know if it’s technically a lie, but it’s definitely yeldah.”
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