SalvyZ's definitions

Nostalgia Pilgrims

people who intentionally journey to a particular place in order to conjure a sentimental longing for their past.

"Johnny acts like so many other nostalgia pilgrims when he drives through his old childhood neighborhood during his annual visit to his hometown during the holidays."

by SalvyZ August 15, 2019

Abbabuse

use of music by ABBA to bad effect or for a bad purpose; misuse of ABBA songs

“Any time I hear an ABBA song I feel like I’m being abbabused.”

by SalvyZ January 1, 2019

goga

a modern spiritual and ascetic discipline practiced by business professionals, major aspects of which include shallow breathing, anxious rumination, feelings of chronic urgency, and the unconscious adoption of bodily postures that undermine physical health and thwart the ability to relax.

“Everyone in this office is a goddamn goga master, racing anxiously from one mindless task to the next as if their goddamn lives depended on it, all the while sitting and standing in harmful body positions it’s gonna take an army of chiropractors to undo.”

by SalvyZ May 15, 2019

morasinine

A situation that it at once totally confusing and completely idiotic

"A large number of Darwin Award winners died in completely morasinine ways."

by SalvyZ June 26, 2019

messiahsis

a chronic mental health condition characterized by the belief that an individual is destined to become a group’s savior.

“Trump and his followers appear to suffer from a severe case of messiahsis.”

by SalvyZ June 6, 2019

memesmith

A craftsperson who constructs memes from words and images.

“Jon is a prolific memesmith who creates multiple memes a day.”

by SalvyZ July 11, 2019

selfluenza

A socially transmitted condition that leads people to become excessively concerned about self-centered interests, such as physical appearance and social status.

"Facebook is the petri dish of selfluenza."

by SalvyZ September 12, 2018