Words or terms that you frequently hear but really have no idea what they mean

[lolly]

8 item breakfast and a coffee for £4.99

 

[Nancy]

OCCIDENTAL

 

[floppet]

OCCIDENTAL

It's just the olden days term for the western world (The Occident) from when they used to call the eastern world The Orient. The old RE teacher at school used to use the term.

 

[ZenGiraffe]

LABUBU

 

[Ellie]

LABUBU

I didn’t know what this was until I realised THAT was what the ridiculous lines were when I arrived at the station to work. Surely it’s just like Beanie Babies were in the 90s. Are those even worth anything now? What a waste of time.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/lon...le-uk-shops-westfield-stratford-b1229475.html

 

[Suedehead]

LACTIC THRESHOLD

 

[octophone]

PRAXIS.

Is this just a posh word for putting a theory into practice?

 

[VV]

When people call other people Goats.

 

[AlgoAlex]

When people call themselves VOLES

 

[Pipo]

HOLISTIC

 

[disneyteletubby]

The 'twice removed' thing with cousins, and 'first/second generation' of a nationality. I have a vague idea but haven't quite got it.

 

[VoR]

Yungblud

 

[whatisityoucantface]

Palimpsest

 

[VV]

Slipping into your DMs.

 

[disneyteletubby]

Meta (I know the Facebook-Instagram-Threads-WhatsApp company, but don't get "that's meta")

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Slipping into your DMs.

Presumably you've never experienced it.

 

[ZenGiraffe]

SLIME TUTORIAL

 

[Pipo]

LABUBU DUBAI CHOCOLATE CRUMBL CLEAN GIRL AESTHETIC COFFEE RAVE MATCHA HOT PILATES

 

[ZenGiraffe]

(getting) CRACKED

 

[ZenGiraffe]

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