There are those pop psychology phrases all over in some trendy web places and blog sites.
How do people manage to say anything in that lingo with a straight face? “They are such a narc, they love bombed me after weeklong breadcrumbing.” “Omg that’s abuse, I hope they kts”
It seems like nowadays no matter what you do there’s a word for it and it’s probably considered something horrible by someone somewhere.
If you have more funny examples of literal abuse please post them in the comments. For now I found:
Love Bombing – Overwhelming someone with excessive affection, gifts, or attention early in a relationship to manipulate them. Breadcrumbing – Leading someone on with sporadic attention or vague promises but never committing. Hoovering – When an ex (often toxic) tries to suck you back into a relationship after a breakup. Trauma Bonding – A strong emotional attachment formed through cycles of abuse and affection. Situationship – A romantic or sexual relationship that lacks clear definition or commitment. Zombieing – When someone ghosts you but suddenly reappears as if nothing happened. Future Faking – Making false promises about the future to keep someone invested in a relationship. Benching – Keeping someone as a backup option while exploring other romantic interests. Slow Fade – Gradually reducing communication instead of outright ghosting. Paperclipping – Randomly popping back into someone’s life with no real intention of reconnecting.
Love bombing - coined in 1970s and used by actual psychologists.
Again, not a real word from not a real science
It’s not a hard science. It’s still a real science. Unless you’re a scientologist then your opinion doesn’t matter anyway.
Sounds like you don’t have the skibidi rizz, you prolly cooked fam ngl
People like to chat and vent about relationship stuff, and coming up with new wacky terms to describe the stuff is fun.
Maybe your relationship with a hot cat-girl you really liked was, um, problematic:
'At first, Miso love-bombed (💣) you into oblivion—showing up at your door with dead birds (gifts?), kneading your thighs while whispering “You’re my favorite human… for now.” But soon, the breadcrumbing (🥪) began: “Let’s chase lasers together… but not this weekend. Or ever, probably.” When you tried to leave, she hoovered (🚁) you back with a dramatic, tear-streaked “I licked your sweater and now it smells like me—you can’t go.” Classic situationship purgatory.
Then came the zombieing (🧟)—after a month of silence, she slid into your DMs with “Did you delete my number, or…?” followed by future faking (⏱️): “We should get a tiny apartment with 100% sunbeam coverage.” (Spoiler: She never signed a lease.) You were clearly benched, her backup human for nights her other “kittens” were busy. The slow fade was brutal: replies dwindling from novels (“I dreamt about you…”) to single letters (“k.”). Just when you moved on? Paperclipping. A 4 AM “pspsps” text. You blocked her… or so you thought.
THE ENDING YOU DESERVE: One year later, you’re at a café—happy, healed, dating a nice dog girl who fetches your coffee instead of your sanity. Then… a flicker of ears at the window. Miso. Her eyes widen. You brace for chaos—but she just drops a crumpled note (“Sorry I broke your PS5. And your heart.”) and darts away. The dog girl growls. You laugh, toss the note, and order a croissant. Finally free.’
(Lesson: Never let a cat girl gaslight, gatekeep, and girlboss you into emotional ruin. Unless her apology comes with a new PS5. Then maybe consider it.) 🎮🐈⬛💔
It’s like you have described my life
This post feels like gaslighting.
That is not even a real word
What makes a word real?
It is all made up. That is the point of a imagination machine is other than installing the divine.
And sorry(?) that the creation of language doesn’t happen under the rule of one man or rule of law it must keep you awake at night.
It’s all made up - true true
You are xyz, source: I made it the frick up
I wonder if this is how people felt when Shakespeare invented a bunch of words. Slang turns complicated concepts into shorthand so that, once a definition has been established, more important discourse can occur.
If you’re annoyed that you still have to learn new things as an adult, I have some bad news about the rest of your life.
I think part of it is the human condition and part of it is that ai is very good at making traditionally niche words more popular in the global conscious.
People with far too much time on their hands, a desire to label everything and a tendency toward negativity. My personal gripe lately is weaponised psychoanalysis terms.
Oh they love their TikTok psychology
How do people manage to invent intricate phrases?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology
It seems like nowadays no matter what you do there’s a word for it and it’s probably considered something horrible by someone somewhere.
For the set of all things, there is usually someone who doesn’t like said thing, yes. That is how people and things tend to work, since there are so many people and so many things.
The tone of this post makes me think you did something shady lately and you’re laughing off getting called out. And who’s unironically saying ‘kts’ in 2025? Cringe
I made this post specifically to be accused of shady things. I don’t know why but I like when people do that.
Tell me: oh you are so horrible you paperclipping monster. I had to have 5 wellbeing sessions just because you looked at me
My covert narc ex tried love bombing me after breadcrumbing for months, but when I called out his future faking, he started hoovering, then stonewalled me—so now I’m dissociating in my gifted kid burnout, hyperfixating on his RSD while my anxious attachment battles my avoidant side, all because that dark empath really said ‘It’s not gaslighting, it’s trauma bonding
““A struggle for life is constantly going on amongst the words and grammatical forms in each language. The better, the shorter, the easier forms are constantly gaining the upper hand, and they owe their success to their own inherent virtue””
Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man, 1871.
They paperclipped 🖇️🖇️📎 me you know, now I have CPTSD and must go for EMDR sessions. Many such cases
FR language changes and no cap you gotta stay sigma or else you got no rizz.
Complaining about new language is shouting “I’m old and out of touch!”
Honestly, you sound like a boomer complaining about the youth. Language changes and evolves all the time. Older generations can’t keep up with the change and think it’s ridiculous, unlike the slang they grew up with, which is bitchin’!
They don’t overuse it as much as you demonstrated. And with time some of those words will get lost and others will enter wider usage.
Just enjoy the ride and see where it takes you.
Language is sus
My friend, you are railing against the human condition. That’s just how we roll, no cap.
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