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[dreamings-free]

a little something for the steve durham fanclub.. ✨

8/8/24

[whaledesu]

1. coffee mugs, teacups, wine glasses, water bottles, or soda cans?

Those antique metal, enamel coated cups.

2. chocolate bars or lollipops?

Lollipops

3. bubblegum or cotton candy?

Bubblegum

4. how did your elementary school teachers describe you?

Idk, I was a pretty normal child.

5. do you prefer to drink soda from soda cans, soda bottles, plastic cups or glass cups?

Depends on where the soda comes from honestly.

6. pastel, boho, tomboy, preppy, goth, grunge, formal or sportswear?

I really like fashion, but goth fashion out of those.

7. earbuds or headphones?

headphones are preferable 

8. movies or tv shows?

Why not both?

9. favorite smell in the summer?

The rain, always.

10. game you were best at in p.e.?

Dodgeball I guess, the part where you don’t get hit, not throwing lol.

11. what you have for breakfast on an average day?

Sleep.

12. name of your favorite playlist?

It’s just called Mood Dump. Lol

13. lanyard or key ring?

key chains 

14. favorite non-chocolate candy?

Probably Jolly Ranchers

15. favorite book you read as a school assignment?

If it was an assigned one I don’t remember, they always made us read the same ones over and over.

16. most comfortable position to sit in?

Indian style, always 

17. most frequently worn pair of shoes?

just some grey slip on ones

18. ideal weather?

cold, raining, clouds overcast in the sky with a bit of a breeze

19. sleeping position?

half on the side, half on the stomach with a leg pushed up haha

20. preferred place to write (i.e., in a note book, on your laptop, sketchpad, post-it notes, etc.)?

On my laptop, it’s easier to be able to spit out words as fast as possible

21. obsession from childhood?

BATMAN

22. role model?

Kyo from Dir En Grey

23. strange habits?

I eat my food one item at a time a lot, don’t know why

24. favorite crystal?

idk does Amythest count? I like those as well as Emeralds

25. first song you remember hearing?

Probably something from Disney movies

26. favorite activity to do in warm weather?

Stay inside in the air conditioning lmao

27. favorite activity to do in cold weather?

Just stand outside and inhale the air deeply

28. five songs to describe you?

In no particular order, without context:

1) Tousei - Dir En Grey 2) Closer to Fine - Indigo Girls 3) The Final - Dir En Grey 4) Glass Skin - Dir En Grey 5) Heavy - Linkin Park

29. best way to bond with you?

Talk to me about the food and movies you love

30. places that you find sacred?

Anywhere in nature that feels untouched by the world really

31. what outfit do you wear to kick ass and take names?

Batman’s costume

32. top five favorite vines?

I don’t even remember any at this point lol

33. most used phrase in your phone?

Probably something like “alrighty”

34. advertisements you have stuck in your head?

For some reason I always remember “It’s pizza time”

35. average time you fall asleep?

My sleep schedule is as chaotic as I am lmao

36. what is the first meme you remember ever seeing?

idk ones probably before I knew what memes even were

37. suitcase or duffel bag?

Suitcase all the way

38. lemonade or tea?

Black, iced, sweet tea only.

39. lemon cake or lemon meringue pie?

No, I hate citrus desserts.

40. weirdest thing to ever happen at your school?

Once in middle school in language arts, I just heard my teacher say to a kid in my class suddenly: “Brandon, put your penis away.” 

41. last person you texted?

Matt I think

42. jacket pockets or pants pockets?

pants pockets are invaluable

43. hoodie, leather jacket, cardigan, jean jacket or bomber jacket?

I love how bomber jackets look, but I am a hoodie person through and through

44. favorite scent for soap?

Cherry Blossom

45. which genre: sci-fi, fantasy or superhero?

Superhero is not a genre? But I choose horror anyway.

46. most comfortable outfit to sleep in?

T-shirt, pajama pants allllllll the way

47. favorite type of cheese?

Swiss

48. if you were a fruit, what kind would you be?

Pineapple I guess, the outside does not match the inside lol

49. what saying or quote do you live by?

Here’s a handful. “Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.” “Treat others how you want to be treated.” “Let it go, Let it be.” "Face the abyss, but don't let it consume you."

50. what made you laugh the hardest you ever have?

Just way too many things that would take too long to list.

51. current stresses?

Haha, loaded question fam

52. favorite font?

Segoe UI

53. what is the current state of your hands?

Soft, with a scrape on my thumb and a new scar on my right ring finger lmao

54. what did you learn from your first job?

Adults play more games than kids do

55. favorite fairy tale?

If Red Riding Hood counts that one

56. favorite tradition?

Watching horror movies with my Mom

57. the three biggest struggles you’ve overcome? Losing my Dad Being very personally betrayed by someone Everyone I get close to eventually walking out on me

58. four talents you’re proud of having?

Idk I’m just me fam

59. if you were a video game character, what would your catchphrase be?

“I don’t know what the fuck I’m doing.”

60. if you were a character in an anime, what kind of anime would you want it to be?

Something with magic and travel

61. favorite line you heard from a book/movie/tv show/etc.?

“Feed me Seymour!”

62. seven characters you relate to?

Spike - Cowboy Bebop Snorlax - Pokemon That being said I’m too lazy to come up with the other 5 right now

63. five songs that would play in your club?

People lost their shit when “Yeah” by Usher played every time

64. favorite website from your childhood?

Gaia Online

65. any permanent scars?

Yeah a few but nothing major

66. favorite flower(s)?

White Roses, White Lotus, ones I don’t know the names of

67. good luck charms?

My 22 pound fat ass orange cat Genji

68. worst flavor of any food or drink you’ve ever tried?

I’m just gonna go with brussels sprouts

69. a fun fact that you don’t know how you learned?

the one where pineapple eats you back

70. left or right handed?

I’m mostly left handed but also right handed with some things

71. least favorite pattern?

idk?

72. worst subject?

Math

73. favorite weird flavor combo?

probable elote 

74. at what pain level out of ten (1 through 10) do you have to be at before you take an advil or ibuprofen?

somewhere between 5 and 7 depending on my mood

75. when did you lose your first tooth?

I was probably like 6?

76. what’s your favorite potato food (i.e. tater tots, baked potatoes, fries, chips, etc.)?

Gonna have to say au gratin potatoes man

77. best plant to grow on a windowsill?

whatever makes you happy

78. coffee from a gas station or sushi from a grocery store?

gas station coffee is a special thing

79. which looks better, your school id photo or your driver’s license photo?

my old school photo for sure lol

80. earth tones or jewel tones?

what are jewel tones? tf

81. fireflies or lightning bugs?

lightning bugs yo

82. pc or console?

PS4

83. writing or drawing?

writing

84. podcasts or talk radio?

music please

84. barbie or polly pocket?

barbie

85. fairy tales or mythology?

both fam

86. cookies or cupcakes?

cupcakes

87. your greatest fear?

I’ve already lived most of them so who cares but lets go with drowning

88. your greatest wish?

that my anxiety would fuck off forever

89. who would you put before everyone else?

My cat lol

90. luckiest mistake?

I’m not sure?

91. boxes or bags?

they do two very different jobs tf

92. lamps, overhead lights, sunlight or fairy lights?

moonlight please

93. nicknames?

Uru, Kyo, Rea

94. favorite season?

Winter

95. favorite app on your phone?

idk idc

96. desktop background?

A drawing I liked

97. how many phone numbers do you have memorized?

like 3

98. favorite historical era?

Victorian

[sparrow-of-fury]

every single two digit number in the ask meme that interests you/that you're comfortable answering

11: Me and my noodle arms couldn’t wrestle anyone if I wanted too. 

12: I’m not allergic to anything. 

13: I like to think i’m a good singer. i sing in the shower.

14: My boyfriend @goddamnitjustletmepickausername 

15: Either an old Dodge Challenger or Mini Cooper

16: I don’t really like covers of the songs i listen to.

17: My last convo was about my new glasses.Ii previously wore contacts.

18: I was born in Mineral Wells, Texas. 

19: Ifunny. I keep it on my phone because it has my old vines on it.

21: I do like wearing sunglasses. But mine got broken in marching band two years ago, I keep using them until they broke more a month ago.

23: French and British i'm sure on. My grandma claims to be Cherokee but we’re not sure.

24: Money

26: I have short hair. but I like both short and long hair.

27: Charlie from Supernatural.

28: All of Thor Ragnarok, even though i haven’t seen it yet.....

29: I ship so many fictional characters

30: I don’t like country music unless its Carrie Underwood, and all her songs are good.

31: Havent read any of his books

32: Don’t listen to his songs. 

33: Rowan and Aelin from The Throne of Glass series @superhuman-imagines

35: CARRIE FISHER, MY MOM, MISS HER SO MUCH

37: My loved ones

38: All my friends know of him and have heard my distaste for the absolute ass. MATT WALTER.( it was an abusive relationship mentally)

39: Again, MATT WALTER broke my heart.

40: Depending on the person, yes i do

41: stuffed animals or candy

44: @goddamnitjustletmepickausername I LOVE YOU, YOU ADORABLE BLOND BASTARD!!

45: I think

[lionhxrts]

i got tagged by @sharedheadspace so *jazz hands*

1. Nicknames: Dad, Ranger Rick, Cowboy, Van Van, Vanini Panini, Kit Kat, Momther, Mom, Belt Man, Masochist, Lieutenant, LT, Sodapop, Dearheart, Philtatos, Van, Lion Cub, Solid Dad

2. Gender: uhhh right now the best i can describe it is a squiggly line

3. Star sign: Virgo

4. Height: 5′7

5. Time: 10:11

6. Birthday: August 31st

7. Favorite bands: Trading Yesterday, Five for Fighting, Poets of the Fall

8. Favorite solo artists: x

9. Song stuck in my head: Currently? The theme song from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

10. Last movie I watched: Meet the Robinsons

11. Last show I watched: Boy Meets World

12. When did I create my blog: uhhhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHH fall of 2016, I think?

13. What do I post/reblog: So Much Shit

14. Last thing I googled: “no end, no beginning” so that i could remember the band that wrote the song ( it was Poets of the Fall, i’m forgetful )

15. Do I have any other blogs: Nah

16. Do I get asks: From time to time

17. Why I chose my url: poses at squall leonhart

18. Halloween costume: a tired, sick college student

19. Fave vine: it’s a tie between this one and this one

20. Average hours of sleep: Six to eight, depending on when I crash

21. Lucky number: uhhh

22. Instruments: UHHHH

23. What am I wearing: a pair of grey ER scrub pants that are splotched with mint green paint, a blue shirt with three buttons at the collar, and a friend’s jacket

24. Dream job: Virologist

25. Dream trip: My buddy wants to road trip around the US to see all the people we know, I’d get to see friends and my boyfriend, so that would be cool

26. Favorite food: Chicken enchiladas or steak

27. Nationality: American

28. Favorite song right now: there’s so many but the one that’s usually in my head is Brother by Matt Corby

29. Last book read: Dante’s Inferno

30. Fictional Universe You’d want to join (top three): going back to one of my sources would be nice. Balamb, Radiant Gardens, and maybe Thedas would be cool

[nanalikessurveys]

1. Where are you from?

I am from Finland

2. Where do you live and for how long? A town in the western part of Finland, i’ve lived here my whole life

3. What’s your favorite thing about where you live? I like the city center even tho it is under construction atm and looks like a total mess. but it has pretty much every shop and store i need in my life

4. What did you love the most about the town you grew up in? Like i said, i’ve lived here my whole life

5. Do you have any pets? My mom has two cats but i don’t live with her anymore, but i still call them my cats

6. What was your 1st pet’s name? We had a pet hamster whose name was Hermanni, lol

7. What’s your favorite season? Probably winter or summer

8. What’s your favorite movie? There’s plenty, for example Gothika, Shutter Island, Misery, Seven…

9. Favorite movie in the past 5 years? Same as now, lol

10. What’s a movie that you laughed the hardest during? Maybe Fun With Dick and Jane, that movie was really funny, i love Jim Carrey

11. What’s a movie you cried the hardest during? The only movie i’ve cried while watching was Train to Busan, the ending is really really sad

12. What’s the best-animated movie ever created? I don’t know about the best but i’ve always liked Over the Hedge

13. Favorite TV show? CSI Miami

14. Favorite TV show that is currently on? Well they have CSI Miami rerun on tv at the moment

15. What’s your favorite restaurant? The local American Diner we have here

16. What’s your favorite food? Pasta. And sushi, also chicken and salmon

17. Least favorite food? Anything pickled

18. What toppings do you get on your pizza? Mushroom and tuna, also garlic

19. Favorite beverage? Just plain water. I also like lemon cola

20. Favorite dessert? Ice cream

21. Is there a dessert you don’t like? I don’t really enjoy cream cakes

22. Cake or pie?

Pie i guess

23. What’s your favorite ice cream? Vanilla, raspberry and liquorice lol

24. What’s your favorite condiment? Garlic or paprika mayo

25. What do you get for brunch?

I don’t know exactly what brunch means

26. It’s 4 am on a Saturday night, what do you eat? I’m usually sleep by then LMAO

27. What one thing do you have in your fridge at any given time? Milk i guess

28. Weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten? I don’t think i’ve ever eaten anything weird

29. What’s your favorite band? I don’t listen to bands

30. Favorite solo artist? James Arthur

31. Favorite nonliving musician? I’d say Amy Winehouse. i like some of her songs. i don’t really listen to deceased singers

32. Favorite lyrics? So many

33. Favorite song of all time? I’ve been listening to Figure 8 by FKA Twigs alot

34. Favorite album? Ummm dunno

35. What’s the last song you listened to? Juicy by Doja Cat haha

36. If you life were a song what would the title be? I’m so bad with these

37. What song would you probably be caught dancing alone to? I dance to alot of songs, can’t just pick one

38. If you could sing a duet with somebody who would it be? I can’t sing. i don’t want to embarrass anyone so i wouldn’t pick anyone lol

39. If you could master one instrument what would it be? Piano i guess, i used to play it but then i stopped and forgot everything

40. What is your go-to karaoke song? Noooo you will never hear me sing karaoke

41. What book are you currently reading or the last book you read? I’m not reading at the moment

42. What’s a book that you plan on reading? My Friend Dahmer, i fell in love with the movie so i really HAVE TO read it, first i’ll just have to find the book somewhere lol

43. What’s a book that you read because everyone else was reading it? I don’t think that eve happened, i don’t really read alot

44. What’s a book that you read in school that positively shaped you? What does that mean? idk but book i enjoyed reading for school was this finnish book about a girl who was addicted to drugs, it was a true story and really interesting

45. What’s a book in school that you hated? I don’t remember

46. What’s your favorite book? I’d have to say Lolita

47. What’s a book you wish you had written? Idk, some succesful book is guess lol

48. Dark chocolate or milk chocolate? Milk chocolate

49. Underwater or Outer space? Noo i’m afraid of both

50. Dogs or cats? Cats

51. Kittens or Puppies? Kittens

52. Dolphins or Koalas? Koalas

53. Bird watching or whale watching? Uuh, bird watching?

54. What is your spirit animal? I have no idea lol, a cat?

55. To be or not to be? Lol

56. IPhone or Android? i have iphone

57. Twitter or Instagram? Instagram, i don’t even have Twitter

58. Vine or snapchat? Vine is my life lol

59. Who should everyone be following right now? I don’t know, ha

60. What’s your favorite app? Website? Youtube for both

61. What was your favorite subject in school? English

62. What was your best subject in school? English and chemistry

63. What was your worst subject in school? Math for sure

64. What subject would you teach in school? I would never be a teacher

65. What is one thing you wish you knew in high school? How to actually study properly

66. What advice would you give yourself at 13? Just be confident

67. How tall are you? 163cm

68. Who is your fashion icon? I don’t have one

69. What’s you favorite fashion trend? I know nothing about fashion trends

70. What are 3 things you always have in your bag (besides phone and wallet)? Keys, bus card and lot of old receipts lol

71. What is a current trend you hope doesn’t exist in 100 hundred years? I’m bad with trends

72. What’s your must have fashion accessory? My earrings and belly button ring lol

73. Heels or flats? I love both but flats are more convenient

74. Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds

75. Blow-dry or air-dry? Usually air-dry

76. What color dress did you wear to prom? I didn’t attent prom

77. Favorite cocktail? I don’t drink cocktails

78. What do you usually order at Starbucks? I’ve been there only couple times but i’d say just plain iced coffee is the best

79. Coffee or tea? Coffee

80. How do you like your coffee? A café latte please

81. Who is a person you want to have coffee with? My friend

82. What historical figure do you want to have coffee with? I have no idea

83. If you could live in any historical decade, what would it be and where? I’d rather just stay here

84. What’s your favorite country to visit? I loved Cyprus

85. What’s the last country you visited? Spain

86. What’s a country you wish to visit? Italy, Iceland, Thailand

87. What’s your favorite state to visit? I’ve never been to the states

88. What’s the last state you visited? ^

89. What’s a state you wish to visit? Florida because of Miami lol

90. What’s the best vacation spot? Cyprus i guess

91. Where does one go on a perfect road trip? I don’t really like road trips

92. Favorite city? Stockholm, i would live there

93. Pilates or yoga? Yoga for sure

94. Jogging or swimming? Swimming

95. Favorite way to workout? Dance and gymnastics

96. Least favorite way to workout? Running

97. Best way to decompress? Just to be alone

98. What’s the best first date idea? Maybe to go to a nice coffee shop

99. What’s love?

Uhh

100. Major turn on? Intelligence

101. Major turn off? Being gross

102. What’s the weirdest thing a guy has done or said to try and impress you? I don’t this ever happened

103. What’s the first thing you notice about someone when you meet them? Eyes

104. Do you believe in love at first sight? In some cases yes, like mothers who see their child for the first time

105. Best gift you ever received? i like all my gifts i’ve received

106. Last gift you gave a friend? Chocolate from Spain

107. Best gift to get for someone? Depends on who it is for

108. What’s the biggest surprise you’ve ever had? I don’t really know

109. What’s your favorite color? Pastel blue

110. Least favorite color? I like all the colors

111. What’s your favorite type of flower? Dunno, roses i guess

112. Who is your favorite comedian? Jim carrey or Kevin Hart

113. Who is your favorite action star? Matt Damon

114. Best superhero created? Spiderman

115. If you had one superpower what would it be? Invisibility

116. What’s your kryptonite? What is that

117. Biggest phobia? Losing someone close

118. Favorite Disney Movie? The Lion King

119. Favorite Disney character? Idk i like all of them

120. Favorite Holiday? Christmas

121. What’s your best Halloween costume? I don’t dress on Halloween

122. What’s your favorite plot-twist? I don’t know

123. If you could do a flash-mob where would it be? Haha i wouldn’t

124. What’s the coolest thing in your bedroom? My bed

125. If you got a tattoo where would it be? Uhh, maybe on my wrists or my ribs. underboob tattoos are pretty too

126. What’s your favorite curse word? Fuck

127. What’s your favorite board game? That finnish board game Afrikan tähti which translates to a star of Africa, that game was my childhood lol

[rayanrooke]

Ranking the Best 10 Machetes of 2018

The machete is the largest hunting tool and can be used as a crucial tool in many different survival, hunting, and outdoor situations.

The need for a long bladed knife to help cut down vegetation in survival situations has been an important tool for thousands of years. The name “machete” derives from Spanish and originated in South America when the need to clear vines and jungle brush was a necessity for survival.

However, this concept was developed in many areas around the world for survival, and has evolved into the varying blade styles of machetes that you can find currently on the market. For example, the Panga style is from East Africa, the Prang from Malaysia, the Barong from the Philippines, and the Indonesian Golok.

With all the different options out there for machetes, we have compiled our Top Ten Machete list to help you get the most chopping power for your money. Be sure to check out our Buyer’s Guide to learn more about the common characteristics of machetes and which style would be right for you!

1. CRKT Halfachance Parang Machete

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The CRKT Parang style machete is made of 65Mn Carbon Steel with a black powder coat for extra corrosion protection. The drop point blade is ideal for chopping whatever vegetation you may get yourself into. This machete also features an ergonomic handle with multiple lanyard holes for different hand holds to help ease fatigue. The machete also comes with a reinforced nylon sheath that allows you to carry the blade snug against your belt or dangling down, depending on your preference.

2. Gerber Gator Machete

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Gerber has created a machete that is the most budget friendly option we reviewed. This machete is 25” overall, with a multi-purpose 15” fine edge blade on one side and an 18” high performance saw blade on the other. The blade is high carbon stainless steel with a gator grip handle. This comfortable rubberized texture is designed to give added security and safety, even when wet. The machete also comes with a black 400 denier nylon sheath.

3. Cold Steel Barong Machete

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Don’t let the low price scare you, the Cold Steel Barong Machete is a great all-purpose durable machete. It is based off the Filipino Barong style machetes. It features the classic leaf-shaped blade traditionally used in agriculture and warfare.

The Barong is used in Filipino martial arts and is capable of creating deep cuts. This blade is 18” long, with an overall length of 24.5”. It is made of 1055 carbon steel with a black matte finish that is baked on to provide additional rust protection. The handle is curved to help it easier form to your hand and stay there during use, and is made of polypropylene. This machete also comes with a sheath made of Cor-Ex for safety and convenience.

4. Condor Golok Machete

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The Condor Golok Machete is 19” long with a 14” blade. Although slightly on the smaller side, it’s lightweight blade makes it easier to wield with control. It is made of heavy duty 1075 high carbon steel and has a black powder epoxy finish for added rust protection and durability.

It also has a walnut handle which gives it more of an authentic look. This machete also comes with a 100% leather sheath as an added bonus to make it that much easier to carry.

5. Ka-Bar Kukri Machete

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The Ka-Bar Kukri machete is based off the traditional Kukri style from Nepal. This blade is 11.5” long, 17” total and weighs 1.7 pounds. The black 1085 carbon steel blade is durable and weighted to provide excellent chopping power in a smaller sized machete. Although it cannot clear as much at once, the compact machete is great at clearing brush and vegetation.

It has a Kraton thermoplastic elastomer handle that is ergonomically designed with a non-slip grip. This machete also comes with a sheath made of a combination of black leather and cordura.

6. Cold Steel Latin Machete

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This Latin-style machete from Cold Steel is a long 24” blade (29” overall), ideal for clearing large areas. The blade is made of 1055 Carbon Steel with a black matte anti-rust finish. It also features a non-slip polypropylene handle.

This straightback blade has even weight distribution and is excellent for vegetation, also known as a Bush machete. Although this machete does not come with a sheath, the low price point makes it a great value for this bushwacking machine.

7. Ontario SP8 Machete

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The Ontario Knife Company has designed a great all-purpose survival blade with their SP8. It has a 1095 black epoxy high carbon steel blade that is 10” long, making it compact and easier to handle. The wedge style tip and sawtooth back make this lightweight machete very versatile. It comes with a fitted nylon sheath and Kraton handle for added comfort and accessibility.

8. Condor Parang Machete

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Another Parang style machete from Condor Knife & Tool, this blade is 17.5” of 1075 high carbon steel with a black epoxy powder coating. This machete has more of a traditional look compared to the CRKT Parang style that we reviewed, with a more traditional Parang handle design made of hardwood. This drop point blade comes with a heavy duty black leather sheath.

9. Ka-Bar Grass Machete

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This machete is a 14” straight back blade made of 1085 high carbon plain tool steel, and is 19.5” overall. This blade is heavier than most other compact machetes as it is ¼” thick, but this creates a machete that is strong and able to chop thicker vegetation. It is advertised with use in all branches of the military. The handle is designed for comfort and made from black kraton g. As a bonus, it also comes with a heavy duty cordura sheath.

10. Cold Steel All Terrain Chopper

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This All Terrain Chopper from Cold Steel is a 21.5” blade capable of clearing pretty thick vegetation. At 30.5” overall, this machete is made of 1055 high carbon steel with a baked on black anti-rust finish. The polypropylene handle brings added comfort to your chopping, and this long blade is capable of clearing a variety of vegetation with one motion. It comes with a black cor-ex sheath and lanyard hole for added carrying convenience.

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Buyer’s Guide

There are several key factors to look for when deciding what machete would be best for your personal use. We’ve narrowed it down to the 4 most important characteristics: Blade Style, Blade Length, Blade Thickness, and Blade Material.

Blade Style

Throughout history, many different cultures created their version of a blade to help in agriculture and survival. Those ancient blade styles have unique characteristics based off the needs of the region they were developed in. In our day, they have all been classified as “machetes” but still provide some of the same benefits of the original design. Ultimately, these styles are based off the tradition of their origin and which style you choose depends greatly on personal preference and what you will use your machete for!

Machetes are generally divided into two main styles, either the lightweight, thin, long blade designs for cutting down soft vegetation, or a thick, heavier, short blade better for chopping wood.

For example, the Panga style was developed in East Africa and the Caribbean. These blades are designed to have all the weight towards the front, which allows the blade to more easily chop woody plants and trees. They also have an extreme point at the front for incisions.

The Barong style comes from the Philippines and has more of the weight of the blade in the middle. These leaf-shaped blades provide more control when swung and was traditionally used in hunting and slaughtering animals.

The Kukri style is found in Nepal. This machete type is more of an all-purpose blade with 3 different sections. The pointed tip for stabbing, the wide blade for chopping which then narrows as it goes into the handle creating a blade good for whittling and carving.

Parang style machetes are also called Golok machetes and came from Indonesia. They have a curved blade much like a scimitar, with the curve on both the spine and the edge. With a thicker blade, this style is great for chopping woody vegetation.

Latin-style machetes originated in Latin America. These blades have a popular straightback blade which creates a more even weight distribution and can easily be sheathed. This style is also referred to as Bush machetes, and is great for cutting down loose vegetation and makes an excellent all-purpose blade.

Bowie machetes were developed in the United States and are named after American Frontiersman Jim Bowie. These blades are characterized by a clip point ideal for skinning animals. This style has become popular among survivalists and hunters.

Weighted/ Heavy style machetes are the best choice for chopping woody or thick vegetation. This blade is weighted toward the top to create its immense chopping power. It is characterized by a dull tip and a flat cutting edge geared towards chopping instead of slicing. This machete is a strong cross between an axe and a knife.

Ultimately, the style of machete you choose should be based off of the tasks you will be doing with your blade.

Blade Length

Machetes vary greatly in size, usually ranging from as small as 10” to longer than 28”. The smaller the blade, the less it will weigh. A shorter blade is easier to control and also easier to wear. A longer blade creates more momentum when swung and can clear a larger area with one swing. However, a long blade creates more of a hassle to transport. The average machete length is around 18”.

Blade Thickness

The thickness of the machete blade can determine its durability and what type of vegetation or wood you can successfully chop. Most blades are around ⅛” thick. This provides a very thin blade that is easy to maneuver and is ideal for chopping through brush and jungle-like vegetation. However, because the blade is so thin if you try to chop something too thick and strong you run the risk of damaging your blade.

There are machetes that are closer to the ¼” thickness. These blades will be much stronger and can more easily chop woody vines and tree branches. However, the thicker blade means a heavier machete which is more difficult to wield.

Blade Material

Another thing to keep in mind is blade material. Most blades are either made of stainless steel or carbon steel. Carbon steel is more commonly found in machete blades and is an alloy of carbon and iron. The addition of carbon helps make the iron stronger and the blade will stay sharper for a longer period of time. However, because the carbon steel is so strong, it is harder to re-sharpen. Carbon steel is cheaper than stainless steel, but it also can rust and needs to be oiled regularly to prevent moisture from rusting the blade. Because carbon steel is less expensive and stronger, it is most often found in survival and agricultural blades.

Stainless steel is actually carbon steel with nickel and chromium added in. These additional metals create a protective barrier and prevent the steel from rusting. Stainless steel generally requires less maintenance since it is naturally rust-resistant. It is also a softer metal which means it doesn’t hold its edge as well and needs to be sharpened more frequently, however it is easier to sharpen than carbon steel. Stainless steel is more expensive than carbon steel and is usually found in more decorative blades.

To combine the best characteristics of both carbon steel and stainless steel, high-carbon stainless steel has been developed. Blades made of this material have the benefits of a strong metal that holds its edge longer, combined with the rust-resistant benefits of stainless steel. Blades made of high-carbon stainless steel are more expensive, but are a great option for survival purposes.

Conclusion 

A machete is a long blade that is ideal for survival situations. It’s no wonder that so many different cultures in completely different regions around the world all developed some version of a “machete” to better help their people to chop vegetation and better cultivate their region in which they lived. These blades have served their purpose for thousands of years, and are a great blade for the modern-day survivalist.

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Ranking the Best 10 Machetes of 2018

The machete is the largest hunting tool and can be used as a crucial tool in many different survival, hunting, and outdoor situations.

The need for a long bladed knife to help cut down vegetation in survival situations has been an important tool for thousands of years. The name “machete” derives from Spanish and originated in South America when the need to clear vines and jungle brush was a necessity for survival.

However, this concept was developed in many areas around the world for survival, and has evolved into the varying blade styles of machetes that you can find currently on the market. For example, the Panga style is from East Africa, the Prang from Malaysia, the Barong from the Philippines, and the Indonesian Golok.

With all the different options out there for machetes, we have compiled our Top Ten Machete list to help you get the most chopping power for your money. Be sure to check out our Buyer’s Guide to learn more about the common characteristics of machetes and which style would be right for you!

1. CRKT Halfachance Parang Machete

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The CRKT Parang style machete is made of 65Mn Carbon Steel with a black powder coat for extra corrosion protection. The drop point blade is ideal for chopping whatever vegetation you may get yourself into. This machete also features an ergonomic handle with multiple lanyard holes for different hand holds to help ease fatigue. The machete also comes with a reinforced nylon sheath that allows you to carry the blade snug against your belt or dangling down, depending on your preference.

2. Gerber Gator Machete

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Gerber has created a machete that is the most budget friendly option we reviewed. This machete is 25” overall, with a multi-purpose 15” fine edge blade on one side and an 18” high performance saw blade on the other. The blade is high carbon stainless steel with a gator grip handle. This comfortable rubberized texture is designed to give added security and safety, even when wet. The machete also comes with a black 400 denier nylon sheath.

3. Cold Steel Barong Machete

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Don’t let the low price scare you, the Cold Steel Barong Machete is a great all-purpose durable machete. It is based off the Filipino Barong style machetes. It features the classic leaf-shaped blade traditionally used in agriculture and warfare.

The Barong is used in Filipino martial arts and is capable of creating deep cuts. This blade is 18” long, with an overall length of 24.5”. It is made of 1055 carbon steel with a black matte finish that is baked on to provide additional rust protection. The handle is curved to help it easier form to your hand and stay there during use, and is made of polypropylene. This machete also comes with a sheath made of Cor-Ex for safety and convenience.

4. Condor Golok Machete

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The Condor Golok Machete is 19” long with a 14” blade. Although slightly on the smaller side, it’s lightweight blade makes it easier to wield with control. It is made of heavy duty 1075 high carbon steel and has a black powder epoxy finish for added rust protection and durability.

It also has a walnut handle which gives it more of an authentic look. This machete also comes with a 100% leather sheath as an added bonus to make it that much easier to carry.

5. Ka-Bar Kukri Machete

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The Ka-Bar Kukri machete is based off the traditional Kukri style from Nepal. This blade is 11.5” long, 17” total and weighs 1.7 pounds. The black 1085 carbon steel blade is durable and weighted to provide excellent chopping power in a smaller sized machete. Although it cannot clear as much at once, the compact machete is great at clearing brush and vegetation.

It has a Kraton thermoplastic elastomer handle that is ergonomically designed with a non-slip grip. This machete also comes with a sheath made of a combination of black leather and cordura.

6. Cold Steel Latin Machete

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This Latin-style machete from Cold Steel is a long 24” blade (29” overall), ideal for clearing large areas. The blade is made of 1055 Carbon Steel with a black matte anti-rust finish. It also features a non-slip polypropylene handle.

This straightback blade has even weight distribution and is excellent for vegetation, also known as a Bush machete. Although this machete does not come with a sheath, the low price point makes it a great value for this bushwacking machine.

7. Ontario SP8 Machete

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The Ontario Knife Company has designed a great all-purpose survival blade with their SP8. It has a 1095 black epoxy high carbon steel blade that is 10” long, making it compact and easier to handle. The wedge style tip and sawtooth back make this lightweight machete very versatile. It comes with a fitted nylon sheath and Kraton handle for added comfort and accessibility.

8. Condor Parang Machete

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Another Parang style machete from Condor Knife & Tool, this blade is 17.5” of 1075 high carbon steel with a black epoxy powder coating. This machete has more of a traditional look compared to the CRKT Parang style that we reviewed, with a more traditional Parang handle design made of hardwood. This drop point blade comes with a heavy duty black leather sheath.

9. Ka-Bar Grass Machete

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This machete is a 14” straight back blade made of 1085 high carbon plain tool steel, and is 19.5” overall. This blade is heavier than most other compact machetes as it is ¼” thick, but this creates a machete that is strong and able to chop thicker vegetation. It is advertised with use in all branches of the military. The handle is designed for comfort and made from black kraton g. As a bonus, it also comes with a heavy duty cordura sheath.

10. Cold Steel All Terrain Chopper

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This All Terrain Chopper from Cold Steel is a 21.5” blade capable of clearing pretty thick vegetation. At 30.5” overall, this machete is made of 1055 high carbon steel with a baked on black anti-rust finish. The polypropylene handle brings added comfort to your chopping, and this long blade is capable of clearing a variety of vegetation with one motion. It comes with a black cor-ex sheath and lanyard hole for added carrying convenience.

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Buyer’s Guide

There are several key factors to look for when deciding what machete would be best for your personal use. We’ve narrowed it down to the 4 most important characteristics: Blade Style, Blade Length, Blade Thickness, and Blade Material.

Blade Style

Throughout history, many different cultures created their version of a blade to help in agriculture and survival. Those ancient blade styles have unique characteristics based off the needs of the region they were developed in. In our day, they have all been classified as “machetes” but still provide some of the same benefits of the original design. Ultimately, these styles are based off the tradition of their origin and which style you choose depends greatly on personal preference and what you will use your machete for!

Machetes are generally divided into two main styles, either the lightweight, thin, long blade designs for cutting down soft vegetation, or a thick, heavier, short blade better for chopping wood.

For example, the Panga style was developed in East Africa and the Caribbean. These blades are designed to have all the weight towards the front, which allows the blade to more easily chop woody plants and trees. They also have an extreme point at the front for incisions.

The Barong style comes from the Philippines and has more of the weight of the blade in the middle. These leaf-shaped blades provide more control when swung and was traditionally used in hunting and slaughtering animals.

The Kukri style is found in Nepal. This machete type is more of an all-purpose blade with 3 different sections. The pointed tip for stabbing, the wide blade for chopping which then narrows as it goes into the handle creating a blade good for whittling and carving.

Parang style machetes are also called Golok machetes and came from Indonesia. They have a curved blade much like a scimitar, with the curve on both the spine and the edge. With a thicker blade, this style is great for chopping woody vegetation.

Latin-style machetes originated in Latin America. These blades have a popular straightback blade which creates a more even weight distribution and can easily be sheathed. This style is also referred to as Bush machetes, and is great for cutting down loose vegetation and makes an excellent all-purpose blade.

Bowie machetes were developed in the United States and are named after American Frontiersman Jim Bowie. These blades are characterized by a clip point ideal for skinning animals. This style has become popular among survivalists and hunters.

Weighted/ Heavy style machetes are the best choice for chopping woody or thick vegetation. This blade is weighted toward the top to create its immense chopping power. It is characterized by a dull tip and a flat cutting edge geared towards chopping instead of slicing. This machete is a strong cross between an axe and a knife.

Ultimately, the style of machete you choose should be based off of the tasks you will be doing with your blade.

Blade Length

Machetes vary greatly in size, usually ranging from as small as 10” to longer than 28”. The smaller the blade, the less it will weigh. A shorter blade is easier to control and also easier to wear. A longer blade creates more momentum when swung and can clear a larger area with one swing. However, a long blade creates more of a hassle to transport. The average machete length is around 18”.

Blade Thickness

The thickness of the machete blade can determine its durability and what type of vegetation or wood you can successfully chop. Most blades are around ⅛” thick. This provides a very thin blade that is easy to maneuver and is ideal for chopping through brush and jungle-like vegetation. However, because the blade is so thin if you try to chop something too thick and strong you run the risk of damaging your blade.

There are machetes that are closer to the ¼” thickness. These blades will be much stronger and can more easily chop woody vines and tree branches. However, the thicker blade means a heavier machete which is more difficult to wield.

Blade Material

Another thing to keep in mind is blade material. Most blades are either made of stainless steel or carbon steel. Carbon steel is more commonly found in machete blades and is an alloy of carbon and iron. The addition of carbon helps make the iron stronger and the blade will stay sharper for a longer period of time. However, because the carbon steel is so strong, it is harder to re-sharpen. Carbon steel is cheaper than stainless steel, but it also can rust and needs to be oiled regularly to prevent moisture from rusting the blade. Because carbon steel is less expensive and stronger, it is most often found in survival and agricultural blades.

Stainless steel is actually carbon steel with nickel and chromium added in. These additional metals create a protective barrier and prevent the steel from rusting. Stainless steel generally requires less maintenance since it is naturally rust-resistant. It is also a softer metal which means it doesn’t hold its edge as well and needs to be sharpened more frequently, however it is easier to sharpen than carbon steel. Stainless steel is more expensive than carbon steel and is usually found in more decorative blades.

To combine the best characteristics of both carbon steel and stainless steel, high-carbon stainless steel has been developed. Blades made of this material have the benefits of a strong metal that holds its edge longer, combined with the rust-resistant benefits of stainless steel. Blades made of high-carbon stainless steel are more expensive, but are a great option for survival purposes.

Conclusion 

A machete is a long blade that is ideal for survival situations. It’s no wonder that so many different cultures in completely different regions around the world all developed some version of a “machete” to better help their people to chop vegetation and better cultivate their region in which they lived. These blades have served their purpose for thousands of years, and are a great blade for the modern-day survivalist.

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These are the words that encapsulate 2016

LONDON It’s been an fateful time. From Britain voting to leave the European Union to Donald Trump being elected president of the United States. No one can accuse 2016 of being monotonou. Some words and terms grew in standing during the past twelve months, some new words were invented and some existing messages amassed fresh sense. Here’s a selection of the words that encapsulate 2016.

Alt-Right

Alt-right is a word used to described various groups including white supremacists and white-hot patriots who situate a focus on “preserving” and “protecting” the white hasten in the United States. It has been described as a mixture of racism, white patriotism and populism and exists online( in the form of molestation and hate memes) and IRL.

In November, a video published under The Atlantic showed the founder and ideologue of the alt-right Richard B. Spencer, wailing “Hail Trump, acclaim our people, herald victory”. It made heated reaction on social media because of the stark parallel to Holocaust history.

The so called “alt-right” movement backed Donald Trump during the presidential election though Trump himself said he forswears and denounce them.

Brexit

On 23 June, Britain voted to leave the European Union by 52 percentage to 48 percentage. In the consequence, the value of the pound dropped to a 30 -year low-pitched. Prime Minister David Cameron abdicated, the first political fatality in “whats being” arguably be described as the year that anti-establishment politics travelled mainstream. Meanwhile, Nigel Farage, governor of the UK Independence Party( and foremost Leave campaigner) acclaimed the referendum solutionsas the UK’s “independence day.”

Final causes on our Lego Brexit map. Blue expanses voted be retained in the EU; cherry-red localities voted to leave. #EURefResults pic.twitter.com/ cJfzBNsY6y

Mashable UK (@ MashableUK) June 24, 2016

Bigly

One of the many verbal mysteries of Donald Trump during the campaign was whether he was saying “bigly” or “big league”.

Trump on immigration: “We’re going to speed up the process bigly.” #DebateNight pic.twitter.com/ Sc8w2QSPGV

Mashable News (@ MashableNews) October 20, 2016

Linguists weighed in. Susan Lin, an helper linguistics professor at the University of California at Berkeley, posted her definitive answer to the linguist Facebook group Friends of Berkeley Linguistics.

“‘Bigly’ or ‘big league’? The latter, I’m quite sure, ” Lin said.

Barb( Stranger Things)

Barb’s atrocious fatality was one of the most debated Tv deaths this year, contributing scores of Stranger Things fans to ask: will there be right for Barb?

The Netflix series, been developed by friends Matt and Ross Duffer, became one of the biggest pictures this summer. Set in a small town in Indiana in 1983, just after a 12 -year-old boy reputation Will goes missing, the eight-episode succession peculiarity a top-class child ensemble that provoked a religion following.

Image: Netflix

Unfortunately, the show’s architects confirmed that Barb, last-place discovered dead after a being grasped her while she was sitting on a pool’s diving committee, is genuinely dead. Although it looks like she’ll get some sort of justice in Stranger Things 2.

Coulrophobia

Coulrophobia is defined as a rare, extreme or irrational fear of comics. This summer the suspicion reached another level.

Clown sightings started in Greenville, South Carolina, where groupings of clowns apparently tried to entice kids into a thicket of trees outside an apartment complex. Similar sightings spread up to North Carolina, where a male said he chased a clown into a forest with a machete.

From there, the fear of jesters increased and eventually increased across the pond .

Here’s a map of all the sightings.

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Dabbing

Dabbing, or the Dab, is an Atlanta-based hip-hop dance that was disseminated by Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton during his MVP 2015 -1 6 NFL season.

Originally used to describe a flesh of marijuana application, the word ‘dabbing’ went on to have a second meaning in 2016.

The dance originated in Atlanta, where a handful of rappers, most notably rap group Migos and frequent traitors Jose Guapo, Skippa Da Flippa, and PeeWee Longway, popularized dabbing in their music videos and mixtapes.

The dance acquired it to social media, where people shared Vines and videos of themselves thumping the dab.

Later in 2016, Newton testified the Dab dead, saying: “I have to put that aside.”

Cam Newton of the Carolina Panthers establishes his logo “dab” against the Seattle Seahawks in the 2nd part during the NFC Divisional Playoff Game at Bank of America Stadium on January 17, 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Fake news

After the victory of Donald Trump, Facebook came under ardor from the public and the media for its perceived persona in helping the spread of “fake news” during the U.S. ballot. Tallies of beings in locations as remote as Macedonia created fake word sites and churned bogus pro-Trump word that sprang up on the programme. In the final three months, imitation referendum stories caused more engagement than top floors from major report outlets.

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg initially said the company “must be extremely cautious about becoming arbiters of actuality ourselves.” But then he announced that Facebook was looking to implement “better technological systems” to see fake bulletin, including asking useds to help identify misleading stories.

Fake news had real-world results. In early December, the #Pizzagate hoax led to a gunman firing shootings inside a eatery, which was embroiled in the conspiracy. The gunman, 28 -year-old, Edgar Maddison Welch of Salisbury, North Carolina, was apprehended after participating Comet Ping Pong forearmed with an attack rifle and burning a shot.

Welch claimed he was investigating conspiracy conjectures about Hillary Clinton and safarus chairwoman John Podesta running small children sex trafficking ring inside of the pizzeria.Though The New York Times debunked the story back in November, the buzz generated on social media continued.

Glass cliff

“Glass cliff” was among Oxford Dictionaries’ terms of the year. Fabricated by S. Alexander Haslam and Michelle Ryan, glass cliff is used to refer to a situation in which a woman or a member of a marginalized group “ascends to a leader posture, defying cases when health risks of failure is high.” The current UK Prime Minister Theresa May fits this description.

Theresa May at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, October

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Harambe

Harambe is the gorilla who was shot and killed in August after grabbing a 4-year-old boy and dragging him across an exhibit in Cincinnati Zoo.

The incident was criticised online by many who accused the child’s parents and the zoo for Harambe’s death. Three months after Harambe’s death, beings were still attacking the zoo with coarse texts, petitions and protest memes.

The trolling was so hard that it action the zoo to remove its social media accounts.

If you think you have it bad, be happy you don’t guide the Cincinnati Zoo Twitter chronicle. pic.twitter.com/ Ygpc2PWYeM

Anth (@ __Kessel) August 20, 2016

Headphone jack

Apple’s annualiPhone launch always touches the mobile world like a glossy glassmeteor, but the newiPhone 7 had an aftershock this is gonna be felt for years: the removal of the headphone jack.

Image: AP/ RICHARD DREW

Despite being a near-universal standard being implemented in devices worldwide, the eminently functional3. 5mm jack couldn’t survive Apple’s determination to shape thefuture one where audio is wireless. In the current, nonetheless, lines still rule, and Apple’s big move has given us all dongles to misplace, basically mainstreaming disadvantage.( It’s likewise forcinggrown adults to say the word”dongle.”) Whether you call that mettle or hubris , Apple has put a stake in the soil, one other smartphone producers will steer around, or perhaps trip over, for years to come. Pete Pachal, Mashable Tech Editor.

Hodor!( Game of Thrones)

Hodor had been among the first Tv anguishes( and revelations) of the year and certainly the hardest to forget.

Game of Thrones followers learned the inceptions of Hodor in a zombie-filled conclusion that ended with the soothing giant being swarmed by a rabble as he held a opening to shield Bran.

Hodor= “Hold the Door”. This certainly changed the room GoT followers experienced about holding the door.

HOLD THE DOOR HOLD THE DOO HOLD THE DO HOLD THE D HOLD THE HOLD TH HOLD T HOLD HOL HO H HO HOD HODO HODOR

Chora Minha Nega (@ guip) May 23, 2016

Islamophobia

Reports of Islamophobia and racist happens spiked in the consequences of the the Brexit referendum. From 16 -3 0 June, the reporting of hate crimes went up by 42% to more than 3,000 charges. The reported felonies mainly consisted of persecution and menaces against “visible minorities” as well as people from Eastern Europe.

Twitter useds documented prejudiced chapters on the programme, use hashtags like #postbrexitracism and #postrefracism. On Facebook, an book announced “Worrying Signs” curated reported incidents.

The burkini ban in some French coastal municipalities too rekindled controversy beyond France’s borders. Many people regarded the prohibitions as sexist, Islamophobic and counterproductive to welcoming Muslims into the country. The outlaw had now been been overruled in some municipalities. An illustrator from Paris created a steer for bystanders who meet Muslims who are being harassed.

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In the aftermath of the U.S. election, some Muslim maidens uttered fear that they may be targeted by hate crimes.Many took to social media to caution Muslim females not to wear the hijab, niqab or burka in public. These panics were validated as women in the U.S. were apparently targeted in hate crimes following Donald Trump’s election.

Latinx

According to the Oxford Dictionaries, Latinx was first used in response to an important matter around gender identity. How can a language like Spanish, in which nouns and adjectives have grammatical gender, be used in a gender inclusive channel?

Latinx replaces the gendered ‘a’ or ‘o’ pointing with ‘x’. Its still uncommon, but widely used on American university campuses.

Lemonade

Lemonade was one of the few lustrous events in an otherwise gruesome year. Beyonces visual album, which debuted in April, is both an ode to black women and a deep personal love story, told in 11 evenly earnest chapters. Some chapters hollered “I came to slay, bitch.” Others were so specific and pointed in their anger that some wondered if Jay Z and Beyonce were getting divorced .

Image: Beyonce

Featuring candidly beautiful verses from the Somali-British poet Warsan Shire, the book is a dazzlingly complex project in which pop culture meets spirituality, gratifies vulnerability. Scenes from the album have become religion, and quite rightly so, such as the one in which Beyonce is covered in a yellowish nightgown and golden jewelry, opens doubled doorways to tell the liquid flow on the stairs. After a bit son sides her a baseball bat, Beyonce is off, destroying automobiles and cameras, crushing open a fire hydrant and twirling in its water.

So potent was the panorama and the entire book that the University of Texas at San Antonio decided to offer students the opportunity to sign up for a class announced Black Women, Beyonc& Popular Culture.” Students who take the course will invest the semester searching the singer’s visual album, Lemonade , and its relation to black feminism. Isnt that everyones dream?

Nasty wives

In the final presidential conversation, Hillary Clinton, while discussing Donald Trumps tax pays, was interrupted by the Republican nominee who said, leaning into the mic: such a nasty woman.

The phrase, uttered so soon after Trump roundly contended that no one has more respect for women than him, speedily became a trending hashtag. #NastyWoman took over Twitter and soon became a war cry for numerous women.

Twitter user @thecultureofme even acknowledged to buying the world’s most delightful domain name, NastyWomenGetShitDone.com , then configuring the sheet to redirect to Hillary Clinton’s officer website. And Will Ferrell boasted a Nasty Woman T-shirt in support of the democrat.

Pokemon become

In a year of unlikely resuscitations and throwbacks Pokmon Go took “the worlds” by squall. It was just the perfect make for those who grew up in the 1990 s and had fond childhood retentions of the insanely successful Game Boy tournament . The conclude Pokmon Go is so cunning, though, is that it’s all tied to the real world .

The app trails your site IRL, which means you hunting and catch Pokmon on the same system of roads and parks that you’re walking through in real life. PokStops( where you stock up on items) are linked to real world places like local post office, and gyms( where you contend competitive Pokmon coaches i.e. other people playing video games) are happenings like religions and train stations in the real world.

Soon after it the app was wheeled out, pokmania spread all over the world . And its not over. On Monday, government officials Pokmon Go account shared the exciting word that brand-new Generation II Pokmon have been added to the game.

Post-Truth

The annual Oxford Dictionaries “word of the year” can divulge a lot about the world we live in. And this year it’s very telling. Post-truth is defined as an adjective “relating to or designating cases in which objective points are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to ardour and personal belief”. Over such courses of 2016, mentions of the word snowballed in the framework of Brexit and the US presidential election. Read more about the sources of the word here.

Post-truth is the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2016. Find out more: https :// t.co/ jxETqZMxsu pic.twitter.com/ MVMuMyf8 3K

Oxford Dictionaries (@ OxfordWords) November 16, 2016

Peach emoji

The peach emoji when it looked like a butt.

When Apple exhausted the first beta form of iOS 10.2, numerous people were frantic because of an update on the peach emoji, which appeared more like a normal peach and less like a butt.

noooooo they’re changing the peach emoji pic.twitter.com/ CmHkef9MlM

alix (@ freckledbutt) November 1, 2016

Thankfully, after some serious internet backlash, Apple appears to have redesigned the emoji to to once again resemble a butt.

Spectacles( Snapchat )

The brand-new smart sunglasses , rolled out in November, furnish a whole new ordeal in snapping, earmarking filming in terms of the user.

The product is sold in interactive vending machine announced Snapbots , in very limited quantities throughout the US. Instead of selling them online or in stores, Snap Inc. is exploiting the vending machine, along with an interactive map, to drive the Spectacles promotion train.

Since the launch they’ve been used everywhere from in the sack to in surgery.

Surreal

While “post-truth” was Oxford Dictionaries parole of its first year, “surreal” was Merriam-Webster’s 2016 word of its first year .~ ATAGEND Defined by the dictionary as “marked by the intense irrational actuality of a dreaming, ” “surreal” is a relatively new word in English, having been first is contained in the dictionary in 1967.

Never before have so many beings felt compelled to look it up on their dictionary as they did in 2016. Terrorist strikes in Brussels and Nice and the struggled takeover in Turkey were the tragic events that led to a spike in the numbers looking up the word. But the most significant spike was after the US election in November.

Trolls

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From Reddit’s CEO to the Royal Family, everyone this year had to deal with the rise of the trolls.

Trolling is a phenomenon as old because the internet and it gained renown during the U.S. poll.

An military of so called “alt-right” trolls was already a significant online violence before Americans cast their votes. After Donald Trump was elected president, they made it clear they were not about to go back to the dark angles of the internet from where they came from.

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman had his own headaches around the trolls. He riled Reddit users after declaring changing abusive posts about him to mention the moderators of Reddits biggest pro-Trump subreddit, r/ the_donald. I abused my capability to give the bullies a hard time, he said.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry

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Even the Royal Family had to deal with the racist and sexist trolling of Prince Harrys girlfriend Meghan Markle . In November, Kensington Palace said in a statement that Harry’s girlfriend has been subject to a “wave of abuse and harassment”.

Woke

Woke was used in 2016 in the context of the Black Lives Matter movement, often in hashtags like #StayWoke. But its own history is much older. As is attributable to Nicole Holliday in the Oxford Dictionaries blog, the word originated in the black community in the mid 20 th century with the implications of being is cognizant of social systems of pitch-black oppression.

In 1962, woke was shall be included in a lexicon of African American slang with the description ‘well-informed, up-to-date”. “By the following decade, we have evidence of it being used in a more explicit political situation, ” Holliday explains.

In a 1972 romp entitled Garvey Lives !, generator Barry Beckham writes. I been sleeping all “peoples lives”. And now that Mr. Garvey done woke me up, Im gon stay woke. And Im gon help him wake up other pitch-black folk

Image: VICKY LETA/ MASHABLE

After the Trayvon Martin slay in 2013 and the Black Lives Matter movement, awake has made a comeback though sometimes it has been used inappropriately in non-political, ludicrous tweets.

” Woke has been racially cleaned for a mainstream gathering. Woke has been removed from its ties to black communities as well as its reference to black consciousness and political motions, ” says Holliday in her blog.

Glossary 2016

So there you have it. A Glossary of 2016. Who knows what statements waiting for us next year.

BONUS: This super precise handwriting robot is so satisfying to watch

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@nonrelativistic​ said: ALL THE NUMBERS YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY SNWERED MWAHAHAHAJA

i hate u so much

Everything under the cut bc this is gonna be long and you guys are gonna know so much more about me than you probably ever wanted to.

Ask sent on August 4, 2015; Finished answering 42-150 on March 5, 2017. Bolded portion of answers 1-41 is the current answer.

1. Who was the last person you held hands with?

I think it was my friend Madison idk Lexy probably

2. Are you outgoing or shy?

I’m relatively outgoing I guess, just introverted. Ambiverted, so it depends on the situation and what I’m doing

3. Who are you looking forward to seeing?

School starts on Wednesday so I’m looking forward to seeing Selena, Eric, Liam, sparklebattle​, and vivid-living-color​. We got tech tomorrow, so Lexy, Allison, Brittany, and a few others

4. Are you easy to get along with?

I dunno really. Kinda? Depends on if I like you or not.

5.  If you were drunk would the person you like take care of you?

Of course. They’ve said they would before. Most definitely

6. What kind of people are you attracted to?

Nerdy and cute, similar to myself, preferably a girl, really nice but not afraid to speak her mind. Always ready to hit a dude. So basically I want Charlie Bradbury. This still reigns true but also Anna Kendrick or Rey 

7. Do you think you’ll be in a relationship two months from now?

Probably not. Well I sure hope so.

8. Who from the opposite another gender is on your mind?

Quite a few boys actually, a girl or two, and one other (I’m nb so there is no “opposite”, not that there is in the first place). I’m not naming names for reasons. Um, Kai, Vine, someone else

9. Does talking about sex make you uncomfortable?

A bit

10.  Who was the last person you had a deep conversation with?

I think it was probably spoopycena​ but I don’t remember it well Kai ?? I think ???? @unlxckiest​

11. What does the most recent text that you sent say?

“Carl said yesterday 9:30”

12. What are your 5 favorite songs right now?

How Far I’ll Go - Moana/Auli’i CravalhoIcarus (Born on Wings of Steel) - KansasSeven Nation Army - Melanie Martinez Voice PerformanceFreaks (ft. Savage) - Timmy TrumpetHow Far We’ve Come - Matchbox Twenty

13. Do you like it when people play with your hair?

Only if they have permission first, but absolutely Heck yeah

14. Do you believe in luck and miracles?

I don’t know. If anything like that has happened to me, I wouldn’t know. A little bit

15. What good thing happened this summer?

Good things have happened? I suppose. I got to do VBS with a bunch of my friends, went on retreat with the greatest group of people (including said friends), and then spent nearly 12 hours with that same group on Sunday, so those were all really good. I also changed my name twice and I feel good about that. There was a lot of stuff but all in all it wasn’t really great (i dont remember lmao)

16. Would you kiss the last person you kissed again?

404 Answer Not Found

17. Do you think there is life on other planets?

I wouldn’t doubt it. space mermaids on jupiter

18. Do you still talk to your first crush?

No

19. Do you like bubble baths?

Yeah. Don’t ever take them tho

20. Do you like your neighbors?

John’s cool, I don’t know the other people, the girls across the street are adorable. Heck yeah

21. What are your bad habits?

I bite my lip when scared/nervous, I scratch at my wrists a lot, I stick out my tongue when focused. I pull my hair when anxious or angry, I click my pens, I tap my fingers and bounce my leg

22. Where would you like to travel?

Anywhere really.

23. Do you have trust issues?

Define trust issues, because I’m 95-100% open to a few people but then 0-5% with other despite how close we may be.

24. Favorite part of your daily routine?

Leaving the house, on a good day (school year)

25. What part of your body are you most uncomfortable with?

My stomach and my chest

26. What do you do when you wake up?

When I don’t have anywhere to be, I hit snooze, sleep a few hours and then do social media rounds. On school days, I sit up right away so I don’t fall back asleep, do a quick check of emails, facebook messages, and instagram, and then get up. After five alarms, I check Q, delete other notifications, get dressed, and leave the house

27. Do you wish your skin was lighter or darker?

This is a lil bit of a dangerous question, bc I’m already pale af, but I like it the way it is. Skin color is beautiful no matter what shade it is and nobody should feel the need to change it. A little darker

28. Who are you most comfortable around?

Like, talking, it’s nonrelativistic, shampoovevo, and probably insanity-universe but since they all live a bajillion miles away, I’m presence-wise most comfortable around Liam and Selena. HA @ all of those. Brittany, Allison, Ms. Taylor, Kai, Vine, Basil, KR, Riley, Dawn

29. Have any of your ex’s told you they regret breaking up?

In a way, yes, I suppose. Both will absolutely see this, so I’m a lil afraid to give a definitive answer.

30. Do you ever want to get married?

Heck yeah

31. Is your hair long enough for a pony tail?

It is, thankfully, but that’s about the limit of what it can do. I cut it from mid-back to my collarbone in January, and now it’s around the top of my chest. I do regret that cut tho… It’s long again !!! It’s up right now, and I love it

32. Which celebrities would you have a threesome with?

I could go on, but I’ll stick with Brendon and Sarah Urie for now. Anna Kendrick and Daisy Ridley

33. Spell your name with your chin.

jesus christ my entire family is in here teagan did i mention i hate you Once again, my mother and grandmother are in the room fuck

jhasmnerswa (James) jascer (Jace)

34.  Do you play sports? What sports?

To quote Patrick Stump, “I don’t sport.”

35. Would you rather live without TV or music?

TV. I hardly watch it anyway. Besides, it’s all on Netflix anyway.

36. Have you ever liked someone and never told them?

All the time these last few years.  holy shit

37. What do you say during awkward silences?

Nothing if I can help it.

38. Describe your dream girl/guy?

See #6 above.

39. What are your favorite stores to shop in?

I don’t really have favorite stores…. i go to target a lot does that count

40. What do you want to do after high school?

No idea tbh, but kinda-ish. I want to work with kids but not teach.  I’m headed to college for ECE in the fall so uh, this answer has changed a bunch

41. Do you believe everyone deserves a second chance?

I believe in second chances based on initial insult. I’m pretty forgiving, but do something bad enough and I won’t let you have that second chance (or third or seventeenth in one case).

42. If you’re being extremely quiet what does it mean?

I’m probably zoned out, anxious, depressed, dissociating, thinking, or angry. Either way, don’t talk to me.

43. Do you smile at strangers?

Yes, albeit awkwardly.

44. Trip to outer space or bottom of the ocean?

Jesus Christ neither

45. What makes you get out of bed in the morning?

I’m not sure actually

46. What are you paranoid about?

Being murdered, being broken up with, adulthood, financial stability, failing school, being too anxious to teach

47. Have you ever been high?

Nope

48. Have you ever been drunk?

See #47

49. Have you done anything recently that you hope nobody finds out about?

I don’t think so?

50. What was the colour of the last hoodie you wore?

Grey

51. Ever wished you were someone else?

Quite often

52. One thing you wish you could change about yourself?

My body

53. Favourite makeup brand?

lol

54. Favourite store?

See #39

55. Favourite blog?

@kaikev 

56. Favourite colour?

Blue!

57. Favourite food?

Lo Mein with orange chicken

58. Last thing you ate?

Part of a vanilla frosted long john donut

59. First thing you ate this morning?

Jelly donut wholes

60. Ever won a competition? For what?

I’ve won a couple Kahoots…. (Disney, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Africa)

61. Been suspended/expelled? For what?

I punched a kid in the stomach in the fourth grade and got suspended for three days

62. Been arrested? For what?

Nope, nothing

63. Ever been in love?

A few times

64. Tell us the story of your first kiss?

See #16

65. Are you hungry right now?

Not particularly? I might grab some leftover lo mein soon tho

66. Do you like your tumblr friends more than your real friends?

Nah, I don’t have really any tumblr friends with the exception of Elaina

67. Facebook or Twitter?

Twitter hands down

68. Twitter or Tumblr?

Both? I go on both equally

69. Are you watching tv right now?

Yupper, watching Worst Cooks in America

70. Names of your bestfriends?

Elliot, Allison, Kai, Vine, Riley, Basil

71. Craving something? What?

Lo Mein

72. What colour are your towels?

I use a white one with blue rain drops and a yellow duck for my hair, and my other is either blue, tan, or grey depending on what’s clean

72. How many pillows do you sleep with?

*quietly counts* 12

73. Do you sleep with stuffed animals?

Yep

74. How many stuffed animals do you think you have?

Oh boy, 20-ish

75. Favourite animal?

Dogs

76. What colour is your underwear?

Pale pink

77. Chocolate or Vanilla?

Chocolate

78. Favourite ice cream flavour?

Strawberry

79. What colour shirt are you wearing?

Katniss Everdeen green

80. What colour pants?

Brown

81. Favourite tv show?

The 100 or Timeless

82. Favourite movie?

Captain America: Civil War, Captain America: Winter Soldier, or Moana

83. Mean Girls or Mean Girls 2?

Mean Girls

84. Mean Girls or 21 Jump Street?

See #83

85. Favourite character from Mean Girls?

Janis Ian

86. Favourite character from Finding Nemo?

Crush

87. First person you talked to today?

My grandma

88. Last person you talked to today?

My grandma

89. Name a person you hate?

matt delli

90. Name a person you love?

Kai 

91. Is there anyone you want to punch in the face right now?

Matt Delli or like Selena

92. In a fight with someone?

Nahh

93. How many sweatpants do you have?

1

94. How many sweaters/hoodies do you have?

Six or Seven

95. Last movie you watched?

Finding Dory

96. Favourite actress?

Daisy Ridley or Anna Kendrick

97. Favourite actor?

Jensen Ackles or Bob Morley

98. Do you tan a lot?

lmao

99. Have any pets?

We have two betta fish, a frog, a leopard gecko, two cats, and a dog

100. How are you feeling?

Nothing

101. Do you type fast?

Yeah

102. Do you regret anything from your past?

y e a h

103. Can you spell well?

Yupper

104. Do you miss anyone from your past?

Yes

105. Ever been to a bonfire party?

A few

106. Ever broken someone’s heart?

Yeah

107. Have you ever been on a horse?

Yes. Never again.

108. What should you be doing?

An English project

109. Is something irritating you right now?

My mom’s presence

110. Have you ever liked someone so much it hurt?

christ almighty yes

111. Do you have trust issues?

See #23

112. Who was the last person you cried in front of?

Allison

113. What was your childhood nickname?

no

114. Have you ever been out of your province/state?

Yes! I’ve gone to or driven through Washington state, California, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois (live here), Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, Mexico, and Haiti.

115. Do you play the Wii?

I used to

116. Are you listening to music right now?

Unfortunately no

117. Do you like chicken noodle soup?

Yes!

118. Do you like Chinese food?

It’s my favorite

119. Favourite book?

Oh jeez this is a hard one. Probably Blood of Olympus or Deathly Hallows

120. Are you afraid of the dark?

Holy shit. Deathly.

121. Are you mean?

Yeah

122. Is cheating ever okay?

On a test in a boring class off a friend who may or may not be helping you? Maybe. On a person, ever? Never.

123. Can you keep white shoes clean?

Nope

124. Do you believe in love at first sight?

Kind of

125. Do you believe in true love?

No

126. Are you currently bored?

A little bit

127. What makes you happy?

Kai, reading, writing, music, Chipotle, Starbucks, The 100, Timeless, Rey

128. Would you change your name?

I already have multiple times, but right now, no, I’m content.

129. What your zodiac sign?

Cancer

130. Do you like subway?

Yeah

131. Your best friend of the opposite sex another gender likes you, what do you do?

I’m in a relationship, but we can remain friends

132. Who’s the last person you had a deep conversation with?

See #10

133. Favourite lyrics right now?

"I'd die for you," that's easy to sayWe have a list of people that we would takeA bullet for them, a bullet for youA bullet for everybody in this roomBut I don't seem to see many bullets coming throughSee many bullets coming throughMetaphorically, I'm the manBut literally, I don't know what I'd do"I'd live for you," and that's hard to doEven harder to say when you know it's not trueEven harder to write when you know that tonightThere were people back home who tried talking to youBut then you ignored them stillAll these questions they're for realLike "Who would you live for?","Who would you die for?"And "Would you ever kill?"

-Ride, Twenty One Pilots

134. Can you count to one million?

I could but I’m not gonna

135. Dumbest lie you ever told?

I lie about taking food all the time

136. Do you sleep with your doors open or closed?

Closed and locked

137. How tall are you?

5′6

138. Curly or Straight hair?

(treating 138-139 as preferences) Curly

139. Brunette or Blonde?

Blonde

140. Summer or Winter?

Winter

141. Night or Day?

Night

142. Favourite month?

September

143. Are you a vegetarian?

Been there, done that, didn’t agree with me

144. Dark, milk or white chocolate?

Dark or milk

145. Tea or Coffee?

Coffee

146. Was today a good day?

Meh

147. Mars or Snickers?

Mars

148. What’s your favourite quote?

“Stay afraid. Do it anyway. What’s important is this action. You don’t have to be confident. Just do it, and eventually the confidence will follow.” -Carrie Fisher

149. Do you believe in ghosts?

Somewhat

150. Get the closest book next to you, open it to page 42, what’s the first line on that page?

“Circe,” (From my journal)

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These are the words that encapsulate 2016

LONDON It’s been an fateful time. From Britain voting to leave the European Union to Donald Trump being elected president of the United States. No one can accuse 2016 of being monotonou. Some words and terms grew in standing during the past twelve months, some new words were invented and some existing messages amassed fresh sense. Here’s a selection of the words that encapsulate 2016.

Alt-Right

Alt-right is a word used to described various groups including white supremacists and white-hot patriots who situate a focus on “preserving” and “protecting” the white hasten in the United States. It has been described as a mixture of racism, white patriotism and populism and exists online( in the form of molestation and hate memes) and IRL.

In November, a video published under The Atlantic showed the founder and ideologue of the alt-right Richard B. Spencer, wailing “Hail Trump, acclaim our people, herald victory”. It made heated reaction on social media because of the stark parallel to Holocaust history.

The so called “alt-right” movement backed Donald Trump during the presidential election though Trump himself said he forswears and denounce them.

Brexit

On 23 June, Britain voted to leave the European Union by 52 percentage to 48 percentage. In the consequence, the value of the pound dropped to a 30 -year low-pitched. Prime Minister David Cameron abdicated, the first political fatality in “whats being” arguably be described as the year that anti-establishment politics travelled mainstream. Meanwhile, Nigel Farage, governor of the UK Independence Party( and foremost Leave campaigner) acclaimed the referendum solutionsas the UK’s “independence day.”

Final causes on our Lego Brexit map. Blue expanses voted be retained in the EU; cherry-red localities voted to leave. #EURefResults pic.twitter.com/ cJfzBNsY6y

Mashable UK (@ MashableUK) June 24, 2016

Bigly

One of the many verbal mysteries of Donald Trump during the campaign was whether he was saying “bigly” or “big league”.

Trump on immigration: “We’re going to speed up the process bigly.” #DebateNight pic.twitter.com/ Sc8w2QSPGV

Mashable News (@ MashableNews) October 20, 2016

Linguists weighed in. Susan Lin, an helper linguistics professor at the University of California at Berkeley, posted her definitive answer to the linguist Facebook group Friends of Berkeley Linguistics.

“‘Bigly’ or ‘big league’? The latter, I’m quite sure, ” Lin said.

Barb( Stranger Things)

Barb’s atrocious fatality was one of the most debated Tv deaths this year, contributing scores of Stranger Things fans to ask: will there be right for Barb?

The Netflix series, been developed by friends Matt and Ross Duffer, became one of the biggest pictures this summer. Set in a small town in Indiana in 1983, just after a 12 -year-old boy reputation Will goes missing, the eight-episode succession peculiarity a top-class child ensemble that provoked a religion following.

Image: Netflix

Unfortunately, the show’s architects confirmed that Barb, last-place discovered dead after a being grasped her while she was sitting on a pool’s diving committee, is genuinely dead. Although it looks like she’ll get some sort of justice in Stranger Things 2.

Coulrophobia

Coulrophobia is defined as a rare, extreme or irrational fear of comics. This summer the suspicion reached another level.

Clown sightings started in Greenville, South Carolina, where groupings of clowns apparently tried to entice kids into a thicket of trees outside an apartment complex. Similar sightings spread up to North Carolina, where a male said he chased a clown into a forest with a machete.

From there, the fear of jesters increased and eventually increased across the pond .

Here’s a map of all the sightings.

Image: Mashable/ google maps

Dabbing

Dabbing, or the Dab, is an Atlanta-based hip-hop dance that was disseminated by Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton during his MVP 2015 -1 6 NFL season.

Originally used to describe a flesh of marijuana application, the word ‘dabbing’ went on to have a second meaning in 2016.

The dance originated in Atlanta, where a handful of rappers, most notably rap group Migos and frequent traitors Jose Guapo, Skippa Da Flippa, and PeeWee Longway, popularized dabbing in their music videos and mixtapes.

The dance acquired it to social media, where people shared Vines and videos of themselves thumping the dab.

Later in 2016, Newton testified the Dab dead, saying: “I have to put that aside.”

Cam Newton of the Carolina Panthers establishes his logo “dab” against the Seattle Seahawks in the 2nd part during the NFC Divisional Playoff Game at Bank of America Stadium on January 17, 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Image: Getty Images

Fake news

After the victory of Donald Trump, Facebook came under ardor from the public and the media for its perceived persona in helping the spread of “fake news” during the U.S. ballot. Tallies of beings in locations as remote as Macedonia created fake word sites and churned bogus pro-Trump word that sprang up on the programme. In the final three months, imitation referendum stories caused more engagement than top floors from major report outlets.

Image: ap photo

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg initially said the company “must be extremely cautious about becoming arbiters of actuality ourselves.” But then he announced that Facebook was looking to implement “better technological systems” to see fake bulletin, including asking useds to help identify misleading stories.

Fake news had real-world results. In early December, the #Pizzagate hoax led to a gunman firing shootings inside a eatery, which was embroiled in the conspiracy. The gunman, 28 -year-old, Edgar Maddison Welch of Salisbury, North Carolina, was apprehended after participating Comet Ping Pong forearmed with an attack rifle and burning a shot.

Welch claimed he was investigating conspiracy conjectures about Hillary Clinton and safarus chairwoman John Podesta running small children sex trafficking ring inside of the pizzeria.Though The New York Times debunked the story back in November, the buzz generated on social media continued.

Glass cliff

“Glass cliff” was among Oxford Dictionaries’ terms of the year. Fabricated by S. Alexander Haslam and Michelle Ryan, glass cliff is used to refer to a situation in which a woman or a member of a marginalized group “ascends to a leader posture, defying cases when health risks of failure is high.” The current UK Prime Minister Theresa May fits this description.

Theresa May at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, October

Image: Getty images

Harambe

Harambe is the gorilla who was shot and killed in August after grabbing a 4-year-old boy and dragging him across an exhibit in Cincinnati Zoo.

The incident was criticised online by many who accused the child’s parents and the zoo for Harambe’s death. Three months after Harambe’s death, beings were still attacking the zoo with coarse texts, petitions and protest memes.

The trolling was so hard that it action the zoo to remove its social media accounts.

If you think you have it bad, be happy you don’t guide the Cincinnati Zoo Twitter chronicle. pic.twitter.com/ Ygpc2PWYeM

Anth (@ __Kessel) August 20, 2016

Headphone jack

Apple’s annualiPhone launch always touches the mobile world like a glossy glassmeteor, but the newiPhone 7 had an aftershock this is gonna be felt for years: the removal of the headphone jack.

Image: AP/ RICHARD DREW

Despite being a near-universal standard being implemented in devices worldwide, the eminently functional3. 5mm jack couldn’t survive Apple’s determination to shape thefuture one where audio is wireless. In the current, nonetheless, lines still rule, and Apple’s big move has given us all dongles to misplace, basically mainstreaming disadvantage.( It’s likewise forcinggrown adults to say the word”dongle.”) Whether you call that mettle or hubris , Apple has put a stake in the soil, one other smartphone producers will steer around, or perhaps trip over, for years to come. Pete Pachal, Mashable Tech Editor.

Hodor!( Game of Thrones)

Hodor had been among the first Tv anguishes( and revelations) of the year and certainly the hardest to forget.

Game of Thrones followers learned the inceptions of Hodor in a zombie-filled conclusion that ended with the soothing giant being swarmed by a rabble as he held a opening to shield Bran.

Hodor= “Hold the Door”. This certainly changed the room GoT followers experienced about holding the door.

HOLD THE DOOR HOLD THE DOO HOLD THE DO HOLD THE D HOLD THE HOLD TH HOLD T HOLD HOL HO H HO HOD HODO HODOR

Chora Minha Nega (@ guip) May 23, 2016

Islamophobia

Reports of Islamophobia and racist happens spiked in the consequences of the the Brexit referendum. From 16 -3 0 June, the reporting of hate crimes went up by 42% to more than 3,000 charges. The reported felonies mainly consisted of persecution and menaces against “visible minorities” as well as people from Eastern Europe.

Twitter useds documented prejudiced chapters on the programme, use hashtags like #postbrexitracism and #postrefracism. On Facebook, an book announced “Worrying Signs” curated reported incidents.

The burkini ban in some French coastal municipalities too rekindled controversy beyond France’s borders. Many people regarded the prohibitions as sexist, Islamophobic and counterproductive to welcoming Muslims into the country. The outlaw had now been been overruled in some municipalities. An illustrator from Paris created a steer for bystanders who meet Muslims who are being harassed.

Image: maeril.tumblr.com

In the aftermath of the U.S. election, some Muslim maidens uttered fear that they may be targeted by hate crimes.Many took to social media to caution Muslim females not to wear the hijab, niqab or burka in public. These panics were validated as women in the U.S. were apparently targeted in hate crimes following Donald Trump’s election.

Latinx

According to the Oxford Dictionaries, Latinx was first used in response to an important matter around gender identity. How can a language like Spanish, in which nouns and adjectives have grammatical gender, be used in a gender inclusive channel?

Latinx replaces the gendered ‘a’ or ‘o’ pointing with ‘x’. Its still uncommon, but widely used on American university campuses.

Lemonade

Lemonade was one of the few lustrous events in an otherwise gruesome year. Beyonces visual album, which debuted in April, is both an ode to black women and a deep personal love story, told in 11 evenly earnest chapters. Some chapters hollered “I came to slay, bitch.” Others were so specific and pointed in their anger that some wondered if Jay Z and Beyonce were getting divorced .

Image: Beyonce

Featuring candidly beautiful verses from the Somali-British poet Warsan Shire, the book is a dazzlingly complex project in which pop culture meets spirituality, gratifies vulnerability. Scenes from the album have become religion, and quite rightly so, such as the one in which Beyonce is covered in a yellowish nightgown and golden jewelry, opens doubled doorways to tell the liquid flow on the stairs. After a bit son sides her a baseball bat, Beyonce is off, destroying automobiles and cameras, crushing open a fire hydrant and twirling in its water.

So potent was the panorama and the entire book that the University of Texas at San Antonio decided to offer students the opportunity to sign up for a class announced Black Women, Beyonc& Popular Culture.” Students who take the course will invest the semester searching the singer’s visual album, Lemonade , and its relation to black feminism. Isnt that everyones dream?

Nasty wives

In the final presidential conversation, Hillary Clinton, while discussing Donald Trumps tax pays, was interrupted by the Republican nominee who said, leaning into the mic: such a nasty woman.

The phrase, uttered so soon after Trump roundly contended that no one has more respect for women than him, speedily became a trending hashtag. #NastyWoman took over Twitter and soon became a war cry for numerous women.

Twitter user @thecultureofme even acknowledged to buying the world’s most delightful domain name, NastyWomenGetShitDone.com , then configuring the sheet to redirect to Hillary Clinton’s officer website. And Will Ferrell boasted a Nasty Woman T-shirt in support of the democrat.

Pokemon become

In a year of unlikely resuscitations and throwbacks Pokmon Go took “the worlds” by squall. It was just the perfect make for those who grew up in the 1990 s and had fond childhood retentions of the insanely successful Game Boy tournament . The conclude Pokmon Go is so cunning, though, is that it’s all tied to the real world .

The app trails your site IRL, which means you hunting and catch Pokmon on the same system of roads and parks that you’re walking through in real life. PokStops( where you stock up on items) are linked to real world places like local post office, and gyms( where you contend competitive Pokmon coaches i.e. other people playing video games) are happenings like religions and train stations in the real world.

Soon after it the app was wheeled out, pokmania spread all over the world . And its not over. On Monday, government officials Pokmon Go account shared the exciting word that brand-new Generation II Pokmon have been added to the game.

Post-Truth

The annual Oxford Dictionaries “word of the year” can divulge a lot about the world we live in. And this year it’s very telling. Post-truth is defined as an adjective “relating to or designating cases in which objective points are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to ardour and personal belief”. Over such courses of 2016, mentions of the word snowballed in the framework of Brexit and the US presidential election. Read more about the sources of the word here.

Post-truth is the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2016. Find out more: https :// t.co/ jxETqZMxsu pic.twitter.com/ MVMuMyf8 3K

Oxford Dictionaries (@ OxfordWords) November 16, 2016

Peach emoji

The peach emoji when it looked like a butt.

When Apple exhausted the first beta form of iOS 10.2, numerous people were frantic because of an update on the peach emoji, which appeared more like a normal peach and less like a butt.

noooooo they’re changing the peach emoji pic.twitter.com/ CmHkef9MlM

alix (@ freckledbutt) November 1, 2016

Thankfully, after some serious internet backlash, Apple appears to have redesigned the emoji to to once again resemble a butt.

Spectacles( Snapchat )

The brand-new smart sunglasses , rolled out in November, furnish a whole new ordeal in snapping, earmarking filming in terms of the user.

The product is sold in interactive vending machine announced Snapbots , in very limited quantities throughout the US. Instead of selling them online or in stores, Snap Inc. is exploiting the vending machine, along with an interactive map, to drive the Spectacles promotion train.

Since the launch they’ve been used everywhere from in the sack to in surgery.

Surreal

While “post-truth” was Oxford Dictionaries parole of its first year, “surreal” was Merriam-Webster’s 2016 word of its first year .~ ATAGEND Defined by the dictionary as “marked by the intense irrational actuality of a dreaming, ” “surreal” is a relatively new word in English, having been first is contained in the dictionary in 1967.

Never before have so many beings felt compelled to look it up on their dictionary as they did in 2016. Terrorist strikes in Brussels and Nice and the struggled takeover in Turkey were the tragic events that led to a spike in the numbers looking up the word. But the most significant spike was after the US election in November.

Trolls

Image: ap photo

From Reddit’s CEO to the Royal Family, everyone this year had to deal with the rise of the trolls.

Trolling is a phenomenon as old because the internet and it gained renown during the U.S. poll.

An military of so called “alt-right” trolls was already a significant online violence before Americans cast their votes. After Donald Trump was elected president, they made it clear they were not about to go back to the dark angles of the internet from where they came from.

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman had his own headaches around the trolls. He riled Reddit users after declaring changing abusive posts about him to mention the moderators of Reddits biggest pro-Trump subreddit, r/ the_donald. I abused my capability to give the bullies a hard time, he said.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry

Image: pa

Even the Royal Family had to deal with the racist and sexist trolling of Prince Harrys girlfriend Meghan Markle . In November, Kensington Palace said in a statement that Harry’s girlfriend has been subject to a “wave of abuse and harassment”.

Woke

Woke was used in 2016 in the context of the Black Lives Matter movement, often in hashtags like #StayWoke. But its own history is much older. As is attributable to Nicole Holliday in the Oxford Dictionaries blog, the word originated in the black community in the mid 20 th century with the implications of being is cognizant of social systems of pitch-black oppression.

In 1962, woke was shall be included in a lexicon of African American slang with the description ‘well-informed, up-to-date”. “By the following decade, we have evidence of it being used in a more explicit political situation, ” Holliday explains.

In a 1972 romp entitled Garvey Lives !, generator Barry Beckham writes. I been sleeping all “peoples lives”. And now that Mr. Garvey done woke me up, Im gon stay woke. And Im gon help him wake up other pitch-black folk

Image: VICKY LETA/ MASHABLE

After the Trayvon Martin slay in 2013 and the Black Lives Matter movement, awake has made a comeback though sometimes it has been used inappropriately in non-political, ludicrous tweets.

” Woke has been racially cleaned for a mainstream gathering. Woke has been removed from its ties to black communities as well as its reference to black consciousness and political motions, ” says Holliday in her blog.

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These are the words that encapsulate 2016

LONDON It’s been an fateful time. From Britain voting to leave the European Union to Donald Trump being elected president of the United States. No one can accuse 2016 of being monotonou. Some words and terms grew in standing during the past twelve months, some new words were invented and some existing messages amassed fresh sense. Here’s a selection of the words that encapsulate 2016.

Alt-Right

Alt-right is a word used to described various groups including white supremacists and white-hot patriots who situate a focus on “preserving” and “protecting” the white hasten in the United States. It has been described as a mixture of racism, white patriotism and populism and exists online( in the form of molestation and hate memes) and IRL.

In November, a video published under The Atlantic showed the founder and ideologue of the alt-right Richard B. Spencer, wailing “Hail Trump, acclaim our people, herald victory”. It made heated reaction on social media because of the stark parallel to Holocaust history.

The so called “alt-right” movement backed Donald Trump during the presidential election though Trump himself said he forswears and denounce them.

Brexit

On 23 June, Britain voted to leave the European Union by 52 percentage to 48 percentage. In the consequence, the value of the pound dropped to a 30 -year low-pitched. Prime Minister David Cameron abdicated, the first political fatality in “whats being” arguably be described as the year that anti-establishment politics travelled mainstream. Meanwhile, Nigel Farage, governor of the UK Independence Party( and foremost Leave campaigner) acclaimed the referendum solutionsas the UK’s “independence day.”

Final causes on our Lego Brexit map. Blue expanses voted be retained in the EU; cherry-red localities voted to leave. #EURefResults pic.twitter.com/ cJfzBNsY6y

Mashable UK (@ MashableUK) June 24, 2016

Bigly

One of the many verbal mysteries of Donald Trump during the campaign was whether he was saying “bigly” or “big league”.

Trump on immigration: “We’re going to speed up the process bigly.” #DebateNight pic.twitter.com/ Sc8w2QSPGV

Mashable News (@ MashableNews) October 20, 2016

Linguists weighed in. Susan Lin, an helper linguistics professor at the University of California at Berkeley, posted her definitive answer to the linguist Facebook group Friends of Berkeley Linguistics.

“‘Bigly’ or ‘big league’? The latter, I’m quite sure, ” Lin said.

Barb( Stranger Things)

Barb’s atrocious fatality was one of the most debated Tv deaths this year, contributing scores of Stranger Things fans to ask: will there be right for Barb?

The Netflix series, been developed by friends Matt and Ross Duffer, became one of the biggest pictures this summer. Set in a small town in Indiana in 1983, just after a 12 -year-old boy reputation Will goes missing, the eight-episode succession peculiarity a top-class child ensemble that provoked a religion following.

Image: Netflix

Unfortunately, the show’s architects confirmed that Barb, last-place discovered dead after a being grasped her while she was sitting on a pool’s diving committee, is genuinely dead. Although it looks like she’ll get some sort of justice in Stranger Things 2.

Coulrophobia

Coulrophobia is defined as a rare, extreme or irrational fear of comics. This summer the suspicion reached another level.

Clown sightings started in Greenville, South Carolina, where groupings of clowns apparently tried to entice kids into a thicket of trees outside an apartment complex. Similar sightings spread up to North Carolina, where a male said he chased a clown into a forest with a machete.

From there, the fear of jesters increased and eventually increased across the pond .

Here’s a map of all the sightings.

Image: Mashable/ google maps

Dabbing

Dabbing, or the Dab, is an Atlanta-based hip-hop dance that was disseminated by Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton during his MVP 2015 -1 6 NFL season.

Originally used to describe a flesh of marijuana application, the word ‘dabbing’ went on to have a second meaning in 2016.

The dance originated in Atlanta, where a handful of rappers, most notably rap group Migos and frequent traitors Jose Guapo, Skippa Da Flippa, and PeeWee Longway, popularized dabbing in their music videos and mixtapes.

The dance acquired it to social media, where people shared Vines and videos of themselves thumping the dab.

Later in 2016, Newton testified the Dab dead, saying: “I have to put that aside.”

Cam Newton of the Carolina Panthers establishes his logo “dab” against the Seattle Seahawks in the 2nd part during the NFC Divisional Playoff Game at Bank of America Stadium on January 17, 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Image: Getty Images

Fake news

After the victory of Donald Trump, Facebook came under ardor from the public and the media for its perceived persona in helping the spread of “fake news” during the U.S. ballot. Tallies of beings in locations as remote as Macedonia created fake word sites and churned bogus pro-Trump word that sprang up on the programme. In the final three months, imitation referendum stories caused more engagement than top floors from major report outlets.

Image: ap photo

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg initially said the company “must be extremely cautious about becoming arbiters of actuality ourselves.” But then he announced that Facebook was looking to implement “better technological systems” to see fake bulletin, including asking useds to help identify misleading stories.

Fake news had real-world results. In early December, the #Pizzagate hoax led to a gunman firing shootings inside a eatery, which was embroiled in the conspiracy. The gunman, 28 -year-old, Edgar Maddison Welch of Salisbury, North Carolina, was apprehended after participating Comet Ping Pong forearmed with an attack rifle and burning a shot.

Welch claimed he was investigating conspiracy conjectures about Hillary Clinton and safarus chairwoman John Podesta running small children sex trafficking ring inside of the pizzeria.Though The New York Times debunked the story back in November, the buzz generated on social media continued.

Glass cliff

“Glass cliff” was among Oxford Dictionaries’ terms of the year. Fabricated by S. Alexander Haslam and Michelle Ryan, glass cliff is used to refer to a situation in which a woman or a member of a marginalized group “ascends to a leader posture, defying cases when health risks of failure is high.” The current UK Prime Minister Theresa May fits this description.

Theresa May at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, October

Image: Getty images

Harambe

Harambe is the gorilla who was shot and killed in August after grabbing a 4-year-old boy and dragging him across an exhibit in Cincinnati Zoo.

The incident was criticised online by many who accused the child’s parents and the zoo for Harambe’s death. Three months after Harambe’s death, beings were still attacking the zoo with coarse texts, petitions and protest memes.

The trolling was so hard that it action the zoo to remove its social media accounts.

If you think you have it bad, be happy you don’t guide the Cincinnati Zoo Twitter chronicle. pic.twitter.com/ Ygpc2PWYeM

Anth (@ __Kessel) August 20, 2016

Headphone jack

Apple’s annualiPhone launch always touches the mobile world like a glossy glassmeteor, but the newiPhone 7 had an aftershock this is gonna be felt for years: the removal of the headphone jack.

Image: AP/ RICHARD DREW

Despite being a near-universal standard being implemented in devices worldwide, the eminently functional3. 5mm jack couldn’t survive Apple’s determination to shape thefuture one where audio is wireless. In the current, nonetheless, lines still rule, and Apple’s big move has given us all dongles to misplace, basically mainstreaming disadvantage.( It’s likewise forcinggrown adults to say the word”dongle.”) Whether you call that mettle or hubris , Apple has put a stake in the soil, one other smartphone producers will steer around, or perhaps trip over, for years to come. Pete Pachal, Mashable Tech Editor.

Hodor!( Game of Thrones)

Hodor had been among the first Tv anguishes( and revelations) of the year and certainly the hardest to forget.

Game of Thrones followers learned the inceptions of Hodor in a zombie-filled conclusion that ended with the soothing giant being swarmed by a rabble as he held a opening to shield Bran.

Hodor= “Hold the Door”. This certainly changed the room GoT followers experienced about holding the door.

HOLD THE DOOR HOLD THE DOO HOLD THE DO HOLD THE D HOLD THE HOLD TH HOLD T HOLD HOL HO H HO HOD HODO HODOR

Chora Minha Nega (@ guip) May 23, 2016

Islamophobia

Reports of Islamophobia and racist happens spiked in the consequences of the the Brexit referendum. From 16 -3 0 June, the reporting of hate crimes went up by 42% to more than 3,000 charges. The reported felonies mainly consisted of persecution and menaces against “visible minorities” as well as people from Eastern Europe.

Twitter useds documented prejudiced chapters on the programme, use hashtags like #postbrexitracism and #postrefracism. On Facebook, an book announced “Worrying Signs” curated reported incidents.

The burkini ban in some French coastal municipalities too rekindled controversy beyond France’s borders. Many people regarded the prohibitions as sexist, Islamophobic and counterproductive to welcoming Muslims into the country. The outlaw had now been been overruled in some municipalities. An illustrator from Paris created a steer for bystanders who meet Muslims who are being harassed.

Image: maeril.tumblr.com

In the aftermath of the U.S. election, some Muslim maidens uttered fear that they may be targeted by hate crimes.Many took to social media to caution Muslim females not to wear the hijab, niqab or burka in public. These panics were validated as women in the U.S. were apparently targeted in hate crimes following Donald Trump’s election.

Latinx

According to the Oxford Dictionaries, Latinx was first used in response to an important matter around gender identity. How can a language like Spanish, in which nouns and adjectives have grammatical gender, be used in a gender inclusive channel?

Latinx replaces the gendered ‘a’ or ‘o’ pointing with ‘x’. Its still uncommon, but widely used on American university campuses.

Lemonade

Lemonade was one of the few lustrous events in an otherwise gruesome year. Beyonces visual album, which debuted in April, is both an ode to black women and a deep personal love story, told in 11 evenly earnest chapters. Some chapters hollered “I came to slay, bitch.” Others were so specific and pointed in their anger that some wondered if Jay Z and Beyonce were getting divorced .

Image: Beyonce

Featuring candidly beautiful verses from the Somali-British poet Warsan Shire, the book is a dazzlingly complex project in which pop culture meets spirituality, gratifies vulnerability. Scenes from the album have become religion, and quite rightly so, such as the one in which Beyonce is covered in a yellowish nightgown and golden jewelry, opens doubled doorways to tell the liquid flow on the stairs. After a bit son sides her a baseball bat, Beyonce is off, destroying automobiles and cameras, crushing open a fire hydrant and twirling in its water.

So potent was the panorama and the entire book that the University of Texas at San Antonio decided to offer students the opportunity to sign up for a class announced Black Women, Beyonc& Popular Culture.” Students who take the course will invest the semester searching the singer’s visual album, Lemonade , and its relation to black feminism. Isnt that everyones dream?

Nasty wives

In the final presidential conversation, Hillary Clinton, while discussing Donald Trumps tax pays, was interrupted by the Republican nominee who said, leaning into the mic: such a nasty woman.

The phrase, uttered so soon after Trump roundly contended that no one has more respect for women than him, speedily became a trending hashtag. #NastyWoman took over Twitter and soon became a war cry for numerous women.

Twitter user @thecultureofme even acknowledged to buying the world’s most delightful domain name, NastyWomenGetShitDone.com , then configuring the sheet to redirect to Hillary Clinton’s officer website. And Will Ferrell boasted a Nasty Woman T-shirt in support of the democrat.

Pokemon become

In a year of unlikely resuscitations and throwbacks Pokmon Go took “the worlds” by squall. It was just the perfect make for those who grew up in the 1990 s and had fond childhood retentions of the insanely successful Game Boy tournament . The conclude Pokmon Go is so cunning, though, is that it’s all tied to the real world .

The app trails your site IRL, which means you hunting and catch Pokmon on the same system of roads and parks that you’re walking through in real life. PokStops( where you stock up on items) are linked to real world places like local post office, and gyms( where you contend competitive Pokmon coaches i.e. other people playing video games) are happenings like religions and train stations in the real world.

Soon after it the app was wheeled out, pokmania spread all over the world . And its not over. On Monday, government officials Pokmon Go account shared the exciting word that brand-new Generation II Pokmon have been added to the game.

Post-Truth

The annual Oxford Dictionaries “word of the year” can divulge a lot about the world we live in. And this year it’s very telling. Post-truth is defined as an adjective “relating to or designating cases in which objective points are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to ardour and personal belief”. Over such courses of 2016, mentions of the word snowballed in the framework of Brexit and the US presidential election. Read more about the sources of the word here.

Post-truth is the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2016. Find out more: https :// t.co/ jxETqZMxsu pic.twitter.com/ MVMuMyf8 3K

Oxford Dictionaries (@ OxfordWords) November 16, 2016

Peach emoji

The peach emoji when it looked like a butt.

When Apple exhausted the first beta form of iOS 10.2, numerous people were frantic because of an update on the peach emoji, which appeared more like a normal peach and less like a butt.

noooooo they’re changing the peach emoji pic.twitter.com/ CmHkef9MlM

alix (@ freckledbutt) November 1, 2016

Thankfully, after some serious internet backlash, Apple appears to have redesigned the emoji to to once again resemble a butt.

Spectacles( Snapchat )

The brand-new smart sunglasses , rolled out in November, furnish a whole new ordeal in snapping, earmarking filming in terms of the user.

The product is sold in interactive vending machine announced Snapbots , in very limited quantities throughout the US. Instead of selling them online or in stores, Snap Inc. is exploiting the vending machine, along with an interactive map, to drive the Spectacles promotion train.

Since the launch they’ve been used everywhere from in the sack to in surgery.

Surreal

While “post-truth” was Oxford Dictionaries parole of its first year, “surreal” was Merriam-Webster’s 2016 word of its first year .~ ATAGEND Defined by the dictionary as “marked by the intense irrational actuality of a dreaming, ” “surreal” is a relatively new word in English, having been first is contained in the dictionary in 1967.

Never before have so many beings felt compelled to look it up on their dictionary as they did in 2016. Terrorist strikes in Brussels and Nice and the struggled takeover in Turkey were the tragic events that led to a spike in the numbers looking up the word. But the most significant spike was after the US election in November.

Trolls

Image: ap photo

From Reddit’s CEO to the Royal Family, everyone this year had to deal with the rise of the trolls.

Trolling is a phenomenon as old because the internet and it gained renown during the U.S. poll.

An military of so called “alt-right” trolls was already a significant online violence before Americans cast their votes. After Donald Trump was elected president, they made it clear they were not about to go back to the dark angles of the internet from where they came from.

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman had his own headaches around the trolls. He riled Reddit users after declaring changing abusive posts about him to mention the moderators of Reddits biggest pro-Trump subreddit, r/ the_donald. I abused my capability to give the bullies a hard time, he said.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry

Image: pa

Even the Royal Family had to deal with the racist and sexist trolling of Prince Harrys girlfriend Meghan Markle . In November, Kensington Palace said in a statement that Harry’s girlfriend has been subject to a “wave of abuse and harassment”.

Woke

Woke was used in 2016 in the context of the Black Lives Matter movement, often in hashtags like #StayWoke. But its own history is much older. As is attributable to Nicole Holliday in the Oxford Dictionaries blog, the word originated in the black community in the mid 20 th century with the implications of being is cognizant of social systems of pitch-black oppression.

In 1962, woke was shall be included in a lexicon of African American slang with the description ‘well-informed, up-to-date”. “By the following decade, we have evidence of it being used in a more explicit political situation, ” Holliday explains.

In a 1972 romp entitled Garvey Lives !, generator Barry Beckham writes. I been sleeping all “peoples lives”. And now that Mr. Garvey done woke me up, Im gon stay woke. And Im gon help him wake up other pitch-black folk

Image: VICKY LETA/ MASHABLE

After the Trayvon Martin slay in 2013 and the Black Lives Matter movement, awake has made a comeback though sometimes it has been used inappropriately in non-political, ludicrous tweets.

” Woke has been racially cleaned for a mainstream gathering. Woke has been removed from its ties to black communities as well as its reference to black consciousness and political motions, ” says Holliday in her blog.

Glossary 2016

So there you have it. A Glossary of 2016. Who knows what statements waiting for us next year.

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