Social DynamicsDiagnosis
Sadfishing
SAD-fish-ingnoun
What it means
Posting distress to harvest attention, named by an audience that would rather diagnose the motive than respond to the pain.
What it actually means
We have decided that you are faking it.
How it is used in a sentence
"The vague post about 'some people' was sadfishing."
Filed under
Social Dynamics — The unwritten rules we invented online and now enforce in public without irony.
Diagnosis — The phrase already names a real problem. We define it properly.
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Social DynamicsTRAW-muh DUM-pingnounSpicyDiagnosis
Disclosing intimate pain to an audience that did not request it, cannot leave, and will be asked to react.
Real meaningYour wound is now my content.
Parasocial
Social Dynamicspair-uh-SOH-shuladjectiveDiagnosis
Describes a relationship in which one party has no knowledge of the other and both have strong opinions.
Real meaningI feel like I know them.