Inspired by this twitter thread from Matt Webb, I have been collecting words and phrases that are interesting to me since March of 2021. These are words that are new to me in 2023. Words from 2023 are indicated with a †
- sin eater
- Mouse print
- ostentatious humility
- love bombing
- civil POV
- google dorking
- pig butchering scam †
- schismogenesis
- drag defenders †
- megagame
- necropastoral
- sacrificial trash †
- smol
- worry stone
- kinkeeper
- bullshit asymmetry principle
- SolidGoldMagikarp †
- orbiting
- breadcrumbing
- memory holed
- nepo babies
- capacity lock-in †
- Getty test †
- The borg (“blackout rage gallon”) †
- Dark Enlightenment
- touch grass
- actual play
- part pairing
- SALAMI
- executive isolation
- moral hazard
- non-place
- gray goo
- bifacing
- umarell
- electoral autocracy
- sushi terrorism †
- exonerative tense
- atmospheric river
- whump
- airplane mode
- ideomotor
- enshittification †
- fediverse
- ghost work
- mukbang
- mamil
- task saturation
- omegaverse
- minimal computing
- zaddy
- grim meathook future
- endowed progress
- Ea-nasir
- grindset
- PMC Ryodan †
- organized abandonment
- (Sam Vimes) Boots Theory
- stochastic parrot
- the success sequence
- stunt food
- gendy nooch †
- collective narcissism
- DevilsTongue
- transformative fandom
- Dead Internet Theory
- real public safety problem †
- mass disability event
- temporarily able-bodied
- green dot monitors †
- dark triad
- pink noise
- brown noise
- throuple
- Torment Nexus
- HuggingFace
- technology moat
- moral crumple zone
- library nice
- MEGO (my eyes glaze over)
- Tudum
- FIRE economy
- Sunday scaries
- TTP (Time-To-Penis)
- agnotology
- himpathy
- bedrotting †
- grimdark
- Lodden Thinks
- finsta
- kritik
- washed
- The Burning 20s
- rugpull
- million-dollar-block
- Prosperity Gospel
- p-hacking
- FAANG / MAMMA
- reversal curse †
- indirect prompt injection †
- The Pile / Books3
- algorithmic conspirituality †
- algorithmic Thatcherism †
- walking soccer
- rizz
You can find My Words of 2021 on Tumblr and my later selections in last year’s post: Words of 2022.