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... Among the new entries are words stemming from social media and the meme culture it inspires. They include:

- - - Looksmaxxing: the practice of taking one or more sometimes extreme or dangerous measures intended to increase one's physical attractiveness

- - - Parasocial: relating to or involving a one-sided emotional connection with someone (especially a celebrity or fictional character) whom one does not know personally

- - - Rickroll: to trick (someone) into hearing the song "Never Gonna Give You Up" by English singer Rick Astley

"Among the new entries, social media culture provides the well-defined looksmaxxing, the unrequited parasocial, the ever-dangerous Rickroll (that link is harmless, we promise), and for some investors the potentially more dangerous meme coin. Congratulations to promposal for getting picked, and to letterboxing for a new digital sense to go with its 19th-century pastime," according to the statement.

Other additions include cultural phenomena:

- - - Cuffing season: a time of the year when people who are not married or in a relationship begin looking for a short-term romantic partner to spend the colder months of the year with

- - - Yacht rock: a style of soft rock music originating in the 1970s and 1980s

- - - Crashout: A: a mental or emotional breakdown, B: an emotional outburst or tantrum

- - - Sunday scaries: feelings of anxiety or sadness that arise on Sunday from the knowledge that the weekend is almost over

- - - Copium: avoidance, denial, or minimization (as of a bad situation, problem, outcome, etc.) imagined as a narcotic

- - - Mandela Effect: the experience of many people having the same false memory (coined by researcher Fiona Broome, who remembered the prison death of former South African President Nelson Mandela, though that didn't happen.)

In 2025, Merriam-Webster named "slop" its word of the year. ...



Saw $9.09/gl Diesel in San Martin this morning....


Bad how? I mean it is sad that a decorated veteran like Donner has to drive around in an eleven year old Prius, but his poor life choices are not a recent thing.

He choses, if I recall correctly, to live in one the most remote areas in the county. So remote 20% of the work forces works at illegal pot farms.

winning ... Chinese Gangsters Turned This California Paradise into a Marijuana Factory
www.city-journal.org

Only a Trump supporter could agree with him that the Iraq war was wrong then suddenly fall for the exact same thing.
#50 | POSTED BY DEREK_WILDSTAR

Why wouldn't we want this? Less people would drive, less CO2 ... seems like an easy win for those of us that believe in Climate Change.

Trump is solving climate change, who knew.

And the relationship between El Nino and Atlantic hurricanes ...

How does El Nino Impact Atlantic Hurricane Season (June 2026)
www.aoml.noaa.gov

... NOAA has released their seasonal outlook for the 2026 hurricane season -- spanning from June 1st to November 30th " reporting a 55% probability of a below average season.

This prediction is primarily driven by several factors including a strong El Nino event expected to emerge in the Pacific basin.

This phenomenon will disrupt typical atmospheric conditions, resulting in increased vertical wind shear, thus suppressing the formation and organization of major hurricanes throughout the Atlantic season. ...


... Many Hurricanes in a season, yall scream it's due to climate change. Then there's no hurricanes and I guess that's also due to climate change, right? ...

Likely.

Back in May, there was this ...

Atlantic hurricane season forecast to be milder than normal thanks to El Nio (May 2026)
www.nbcnews.com

... A developing El Nino that is forecast to get quite strong will likely dampen the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season, but it won't make the potentially deadly storms disappear, federal and outside meteorologists predict. ...

Colorado State University, which pioneered the science of hurricane seasonal forecasting in 1984, is predicting the lowest overall activity since 2015, which was the strongest El Nino in the last 75 years. And that forecast is likely to be revised to even lower numbers in June, said Colorado State's hurricane expert Phil Klotzbach.


That was back in May before the strength of the developing El Nino was known ...

Related ...

'Always Watching': Flock cameras draw Senate scrutiny
www.politico.com

... A Senate Judiciary subcommittee will hold a hearing on Flock Safety's network of automated license plate readers that's drawn privacy concerns over its ability to track people, and the potential to be misused by police. ...

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