Results for “hold on for dear life”

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holding role
noun

A defensive midfielder shielding the back line.

#sports#midfield#role
hold the line
phrase

Command to keep holding and not sell during a panic.

#finance#stocks#wsb#holding
holding the line
phrase

Collectively refusing to sell during a downturn.

#finance#stocks#wsb#holding
hold your horses
phrase

Wait; slow down; be patient.

#american#regional#patience#idiom
hold the door, you're letting the good air out
phrase

Shut the door; you're wasting the AC or heat.

#american#regional#household#admonition
Holding Space
phrase

Being present for someone's feelings without trying to fix them.

#gen-z#american#meme#texting
shrek is love, shrek is life
phrase

Cult ironic catchphrase from a disturbing 2013 4chan Shrek copypasta, now used as devotional joke worship.

#4chan#copypasta#shrek#2010s
lifer
noun

Someone serving life.

#prison#sentencing#career
lip sync for your life
phrase

The elimination lip-sync battle between the bottom two queens.

#drag#rupaul#catchphrase#lgbtq
stubby holder
noun

Insulated sleeve for a beer bottle or can.

#australian#aussie#drinks#beer
cuh dear
interjection

An expression of sympathy: 'oh dear', 'poor thing'.

#caribbean#patois#exclamation#empathy
stakeholder
noun

Anyone affected by or invested in a project.

#corporate#office#work#project-management
work-life balance
noun

A healthy equilibrium between job demands and personal life.

#corporate#office#work#wellbeing
bagholding
verb

Continuing to hold a position that has collapsed in value.

#finance#stocks#wsb#behavior
Weapons hold
phrase

Fire-control order: do not fire except in self-defense.

#military#army#combat#fire-control
slice of life
noun

Genre depicting ordinary, everyday life

#anime#weeb#genre#trope
Chop Life
phrase

To enjoy life to the fullest, embracing every good experience that comes your way.

#nigerian-pidgin#pidgin#nigerian#west-african
Dear John
noun

The breakup letter every soldier dreaded — the homefront sweetheart calling it off while he's away.

#1940s#wartime#swing#vintage
Soft Life
noun

A lifestyle of ease, comfort, and minimal stress, by deliberate choice.

#gen-z#money#aave#internet
Bag Holder
noun

The poor soul left holding a worthless investment after everyone else cashed out.

#money#cash#american#meme
Bagholder
noun

Someone stuck holding a worthless or crashed asset, left holding the bag while others cashed out.

#money#meme#american#internet
extend
noun

An extra life — earned by hitting a score threshold or clearing a task.

#shmup#lives#scoring
Gymcel
noun

Someone grinding hard at the gym hoping muscle alone will fix their dating life.

#gym#fitness#internet#meme
Pump And Dump
noun

A scheme to hype a coin up, sell at the peak, and leave latecomers holding the crash.

#money#internet#american#meme
off-angle
noun

Holding an unexpected spot instead of the standard one.

#counter-strike#valorant#fps#positioning
anchor
noun

The defender who stays glued to a bombsite and holds it no matter what.

#csgo#valorant#fps#defense
bonus round
noun

Holding your cheap guns after a win to fix the economy.

#valorant#csgo#economy#fps
hardscope
verb

Sniping while staying fully scoped in, holding the angle instead of quickscoping.

#fps#sniping#playstyle#valorant
creep equilibrium
noun

The spot in the lane where the two creep waves crash and hold position.

#dota#moba#laning
freeze
verb

Holding the minion wave by your tower with only last hits, starving the enemy.

#league of legends#moba#laning#wave management
roshan
noun

Dota's big neutral boss who drops the Aegis — a free second life — when he dies.

#dota2#moba#objective#boss
tank and spank
noun

A dead-simple fight: tank holds the boss, everyone else hits it.

#wow#mmo#raid#boss
mule
noun, verb

An alt character that exists purely to hold your stuff.

#mmo#storage#alt#inventory
gulag
noun

Warzone's 1v1 prison fight for a second life.

#battle royale#warzone#respawn
anchoring
noun

Holding a fixed position to cover and support your teammates.

#battle royale#positioning#teamplay
crossfire
noun

Two teammates holding different angles on the same enemy.

#battle royale#tactics#teamplay#positioning
w-keying
verb

Rushing every enemy in sight by holding the forward key.

#battle royale#aggression#pc#fps
Chip damage
noun

The little bit of life you lose blocking specials and supers — death by a thousand pokes.

#fighting games#fgc#blocking#damage
DI (Directional Influence)
noun

Holding the stick when you get hit to bend your launch path and survive.

#smash#defense#survival#tech-skill
Sandbagging
verb, noun

Deliberately playing below your level — hiding your real skill or holding back in a match.

#fgc#competition#culture