8/20/25 - New Slang, Flush and Run, and Lie About Your Age
- bribriny
- 6 hours ago
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Wednesday 8/20/25
Celebrate:
International Day of Medical Transporters
National Accessible Air Travel Day
National Bacon Lover's Day

National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day
National Hawaiian Pizza Day
National Lemonade Day
National Radio Day
Virtual Worlds Day
World Mosquito Day
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Cambridge Dictionary added some new words to its list of official slang terms. They say they only add words they think have "staying power."
(that's questionable)
1. Skibidi. They define it as "a word that can have different meanings such as 'cool' or 'bad,' or can be used with no real meaning as a joke." Like, "What the skibidi are you doing" or "That wasn't very skibidi rizz of you."
2. Delulu. Short for "delusional." Believing things that are not real or true, usually because you choose to.
3. Tradwife. Short for "traditional wife." A married woman who stays at home doing cooking, cleaning, and has children she takes care of.
4. Broligarchy. Zuck andMusk are both members. It's a term for tech bros who are extremely powerful, and have or want political influence.
5. D.Y.O.R. Short for "do your own research."
6. Cardboard box index. A way of measuring the health of the economy according to how many cardboard boxes are being produced or shipped.
7. Nanoship. A very short romantic interaction with someone, with no expectation it will lead to a real relationship.
8. Career catfishing. The act of accepting a job offer but then not showing up on your first day.
9. Chronoworking. Adapting your work schedule to when you feel most awake and energetic.
10. Smartphone face. When an actor's face looks too modern for them to be believable in a drama set in the past.
11. Burnt toast theory. The idea that a minor inconvenience . . . like burning your toast in the morning . . . might actually be preventing something worse from happening later in the day.
12. Meta face. When photos are enhanced with filters and make everyone look similarly flawless, or unrealistically beautiful.
13. Manterrupting. Interrupting a woman when she's speaking, usually because the man thinks he has something more important to say.
14. Shelaborating. Explaining something in a much more detailed way than is necessary, often making the explanation more confusing.
15. Air jail. The act of lifting a pet into the air to stop or prevent bad behavior.
They have new words everyday!
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How do you feel about public bathrooms...a nesessity, but you'd rather wait till you're home.
A poll a few years back found 9% of us just avoid public toilets completely . . . 21% hover . . . and 63% just go for it.
But half of those people use one of those thin, paper liners. And "thin" is a key word here. According to a new BBC article, those liners might be kind of pointless.
Quote, "Alayer of toilet paper or a toilet cover will likely NOT protect you from pathogens. They are made of porous materials, so they cannot stop germs from seeping through and touching your [junk]."
Experts say hovering isn't great either, because it's harder to fully empty your bladder. And for women, it can potentially cause a U.T.I.
The risk is VERY low.
Most STDs can't survive on a toilet seat. HPV and herpes technically can, but it doesn't really happen under real-world conditions. You're way more likely to inhale germs in a bathroom, or get sick from touching stuff with your HANDS.
Here are two practical tips they gave . . .
1. Touch as few surfaces as possible while you're in there. And definitely wash your hands when you're done.
2. Flush the toilet and FLEE. Toilets toss out a plume of tiny droplets when flushed, and those droplets can have pathogens in them.
A virologist at the University of Arizona said it's what he does. His strategy in public bathrooms is to, quote, "flush and run."
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In a new poll, 38% of people admit to lying about their age when meeting someone new. And 12% say they've cut more than five years off . . . whether or not they could successfully pull it off.
Men are about twice as likely as women to do it. But there are risks . . . 62% of people say it's a "dealbreaker" if someone lies to them about their age.
Here are some other age-related stats from the poll:
44% of people have used old photos on online platforms, like social media or LinkedIn . . . with 21% of them using images more than 10 years old. Men are more than twice as likely to use decade-old photos.
49% of people have been told they're "too old" for something they enjoy.
71% say society underestimates them because of their age, and 32% say it happens regularly. But that MAY be in your head: Because 65% of people claim they've never dismissed someone themselves, solely due to their age.
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People have a dream from their childhood that they would earn millions without hardly doing anything. This dream came in reality for a French woman; however, she described it to be a “psychological torture.” Laurence Van Wassenhove, 59, is suing Orange, which is among the largest telecom companies in Europe, as she claimed that she went through a couple of decades in a phase that can be stated as “forced inactivity.
Although she received a full salary but was left without any roles and responsibilities, and the worst part was, there wasn’t any human connection either, and she has explained this scenario that has harmed her mental health and left her feeling invisible as well.
Wait a minute..full pay, nothing to do, AND I don't have to deal with people?? How do I get that job?
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Costco is making headlines for a big ol’ bucket of food again.
This time it's a 60-pound buckets of light amber honey were being sold for $114.99.
One Redditor commented, “Winnie the Pooh has entered the chat.”
“What exactly does one do with 60# of honey?” asked one Reddit user.
“Well, it doesn’t spoil?” another asked.
The serving size of this particular honey is 1 tablespoon, which works out to a whopping 1,296 servings for the whole bucket at 60 calories per serving.
Since honey is considered an added sugar, the American Heart Association advises that it should be limited to no more than 100 calories per day for women and 150 calories per day for men.
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Today’s Useless Fact of the Day - If all eight billion people on the planet played in a single-elimination rock-paper-scissors tournament . . . you'd only need to win 33 consecutive games to become the champion.
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