Results for “Emotional Labour”

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Emotional Labor
noun

The invisible effort of managing feelings and relationships — usually unthanked.

#gen-z#american#texting
Emotional Support
noun

Comfort someone gives you — or, jokingly, the random object you can't function without.

#gen-z#american#meme#texting
hit different
phrase

Lands with weirdly outsized emotional or sensory impact.

#tiktok#twitter#aave#vibes
keysmash
noun

Random rapid typing to convey emotional overload.

#tumblr#stan-twitter#reaction#gen-z
parasocial
adjective

One-sided emotional bond a fan forms with a celeb who has no idea they exist.

#stan-culture#psychology#fandom#discourse
book hangover
noun

That emotional fog after finishing a great book — can't start a new one, can't stop thinking about the last one.

#booktok#bookstagram#reading#feels
pepe
noun

Matt Furie's cartoon frog — the most-remixed reaction face on the internet, with a whole emotional vocabulary built around him.

#meme#4chan#twitch#reaction
in ribbons
phrase

In bits — drunk, exhausted, or emotionally destroyed.

#irish#hiberno-english#drunk#phrase
whiney primey
phrase

First-time mum who keeps showing up sure she's in labour. She isn't.

#medical#hospital#obstetrics#labour
Navvy
noun

A manual labourer, especially on heavy excavation or groundworks.

#construction#trades#british#labourer
Ganger
noun

Foreman in charge of a gang of labourers.

#construction#trades#british#groundworks
Sub drop
phrase

The physical and emotional crash a bottom can hit after an intense scene.

#kink#bdsm#leather#lgbtq
angst
noun

Fic centred on emotional or physical suffering

#kpop#stan#fandom#fanfic
comfort character
noun

A character whose presence brings you emotional comfort

#kpop#stan#fandom#tumblr
hwyl
noun

A stirring sense of fun, fervour and emotional energy.

#scottish#irish#emotion#welsh
Microcheating
noun

Small acts of secret flirting or emotional infidelity short of physical cheating.

#dating#relationships#infidelity#boundaries
Draking
verb

Getting emotional and drunk-texting or contacting exes.

#dating#relationships#emotional#exes
Sad Boy
noun

A brooding, emotionally expressive romantic type.

#dating#relationships#personality#emotional
demisexual
adjective

Feeling sexual attraction only after a strong emotional bond forms.

#dating#relationships#attraction#identity
whiny primey 18+
noun

Mature content — open to view.

#medical#nursing#obstetric#behaviour
gasser (obstetric anaesthetist)
noun

Anaesthetist called for epidurals on labour ward

#medical#nursing#staff#anaesthesia
shonen-ai
noun

Male-male romance with emotional focus and no explicit content.

#anime#weeb#genre#romance
shoujo-ai
noun

Female-female romance with emotional focus and no explicit content.

#anime#weeb#genre#romance
kokoro
noun

The heart, mind and spirit — one's inner emotional self.

#anime#weeb#theme#emotion
post-con depression
noun

The emotional slump after a convention ends.

#anime#weeb#experience#emotion
Micro-Cheating
verb

Small sneaky acts of emotional infidelity that aren't full cheating but still cross a line.

#gen-z#dating#internet#relationships
Regulated
adjective

Emotionally calm and in control of your nervous system — the goal state.

#gen-z#american#texting
Pepehands
interjection

A crying Pepe emote with hands raised for heartbreak and emotional moments.

#gen-z#meme#twitch#emote
Vibes
noun

The intuitive emotional energy or atmosphere a person or place gives off.

#1960s#hippie#counterculture#vintage
Vulnerable
adjective

Opening up emotionally and risking being seen — the brave kind of soft.

#gen-z#american#texting
Tilted
adjective

So frustrated your judgment goes out the window — playing emotionally instead of smart.

#gen-z#esports#poker#mental
Triggered
adjective

Set off emotionally — either genuinely distressed or, mockingly, mildly annoyed.

#gen-z#american#meme#texting
Heavy
adjective

Profound, serious, or emotionally intense.

#1960s#hippie#counterculture#vintage
Crashout
noun

A complete emotional breakdown or reckless meltdown where you snap and stop caring about consequences.

#gen-z#aave#tiktok#meme
Shook
adjective

Shocked, rattled, or badly shaken — caught off guard emotionally.

#aave#gen-z#internet#hip-hop
Freak Out
verb

To lose emotional control, or to have an overwhelming reaction good or bad.

#1960s#hippie#counterculture#vintage
Dysregulated
adjective

Emotionally overwhelmed and out of control — the spiral state.

#gen-z#american#texting