Definition: Desperately flooding social media with couple content to publicly mark territory during private relationship chaos. Example: “Their #RelationshipGoals post reeked of insta-claiming – paragraphs about ‘forever’ right after they nearly broke up.”
Definition: The delusional demand for instant messaging replies, escalating to panic when responses take longer than 15 minutes. Example: “When Mike’s ‘quick check-in’ became full textpectation meltdown – 37 missed calls because I was showering.”
Definition: Suffocating romantic attachment disguised as devotion, where partners demand total isolation from friends Example: “Jen’s boyfriend hit her with claustrolove – canceled her girls’ trip saying ‘We don’t need other people, babe.’”
Definition: The triumphant, 4-second orchestra of MIDI trumpets and hard-drive whirring that announced your PC was ready for dial-up suffering. Example: “Our family computer took 10 minutes to start, but that Windows 95 bootup sound made it feel like a…
Definition: The abrupt, mechanical thump when a tape hits rewind’s end, followed by the whine of a defeated motor. Example: “I’d zone out to the cassette rewind thump, praying my Walkman didn’t eat my favorite Depeche Mode tape again.”
Definition: The nostalgic digital chirp of an AOL Instant Messenger buddy logging on, signaling impending gossip or flirting. Example: “I’d jump across my room at 2 AM hearing that AIM door squeak—my crush was online to discuss Buffy fan theories.”
Definition: The specific, mind-blowing national transformation of going from being bombed back to the stone age (literally) to becoming a global leader
Definition: The relentless, borderline-psychotic national hustle of transforming your resource-poor, war-torn/backwater fishing island into a gleaming global tech & economic powerhouse within like, one boomer’s lifetime. Requires maxing out your location bonus points, investing hard in your citizen’s brain stats,…
Definition: Describes pulling off an insane national-level glow-up starting with absolutely jack squat. Like when your country was the poorest mf on Earth at birth, had zero roads, a capital city that wasn’t even in your country, got sandwiched between…
Definition: The act of ditching a successful career in fluffy entertainment (usually Disney/Nickelodeon) to become a legit rocket scientist/tech genius/space lawyer, thereby achieving ultimate nerd cred and leaving fans utterly bewildered and impressed. “Everyone expected her to do pop music…