Word deep-dives

Doing something deliberately to appear effortlessly cool, impressive, or charismatic and thereby increase one's perceived social status.

In serious trouble, doomed, defeated, exhausted, or beyond recovery.

To lose emotional control and react recklessly, aggressively, or destructively without caring about the consequences.

A social-media defeat in which a post receives disproportionately negative engagement or a reply outperforms the original post.

To talk at excessive length, especially in an aimless, repetitive, annoying, or low-substance way.

A quirky but harmless trait or habit in a romantic partner that sits between a red flag and a green flag, noticeable but not clearly good or bad.

A hyped-up shortening of “goddamn” used online as an exclamation of excitement or admiration, especially reacting to a curvy, attractive butt, and sometimes as slang for the butt itself.

An insult for someone perceived as lacking independent thought or personality, likened to a non-player video-game character running on scripted autopilot.

A supposed archetype of a successful but aloof “lone wolf” man who lives outside the usual social pecking order while still winning at it.

An undefined, noncommittal romantic or sexual relationship that feels like more than friendship but is not clearly defined as a committed partnership.