A Beginner's Guide to Tumblrisms -

[Ron Paul 2024]

You get called a fuckboi a lot, then?

Flattery will get you everywhere.

 

[Pimpkin Pumpkin]

"Callout Culture" Tumblerinas crying about Tumblerinas calling out problematic Tumblerinas. As most of you are probably aware, callout posts are hilarious and usually consist of "this person is ableist because they said im dumb. they are acephobic and anti-otherkin"

Also, I found these forums through a callout post, which I find fairly amusing. "This forums is meaaaaaaan" (Translation: This forum actually talks sense and I don't like that)

 

[Ho Mo for Women]

"Callout Culture" Tumblerinas crying about Tumblerinas calling out problematic Tumblerinas. As most of you are probably aware, callout posts are hilarious and usually consist of "this person is ableist because they said im dumb. they are acephobic and anti-otherkin"

Also, I found these forums through a callout post, which I find fairly amusing. "This forums is meaaaaaaan" (Translation: This forum actually talks sense and I don't like that)

You got a link to that post? I'd love to see just how "problematic" we are.

 

[Pimpkin Pumpkin]

You got a link to that post? I'd love to see just how "problematic" we are.

Sadly, I think it was just a passing mention and I can't remember what the callout was even for. I'll have a scan through of the callout tag, where I used to go for amusement, see if I can find it. I have a feeling it was Tumblr user hpdcatherine though.

 

[Problematic Kawaii]

"Callout Culture" Tumblerinas crying about Tumblerinas calling out problematic Tumblerinas. As most of you are probably aware, callout posts are hilarious and usually consist of "this person is ableist because they said im dumb. they are acephobic and anti-otherkin"

For the most part, callout culture is basically "this person is bad because they don't agree with me/I don't like them/my clique/my ideological belief blindly!!"

 

[Meowthkip]

For the most part, callout culture is basically "this person is bad because they don't agree with me/I don't like them/my clique/my ideological belief blindly!!"

Pretty much, yeah.

Only with some internet lynch mob thrown in.

 

[characterlimit]

Sadly, I think it was just a passing mention and I can't remember what the callout was even for. I'll have a scan through of the callout tag, where I used to go for amusement, see if I can find it. I have a feeling it was Tumblr user hpdcatherine though.

I would like to personally thank @Stray Sheep for bringing more people to this august forum.

 

[Problematic Kawaii]

Pure Cinnamon Bun/Roll: Similar to My precious child/son/daughter; A character who's cute, nice and non-threatening.

Unproblematic Fave: Pure Cinnamon Bun/Roll but a with a real person. Ex: A celeb who shares similar beliefs to most of tumblr.

 

[TheMightyMonarch]

How have 10 pages gone by with not a single mention of Tumblr's absolute favorite word queer?

Queer can be used to refer to almost anything! Cis girl who thought a girl was pretty once? Queer! Heteroromantic heterosexual grey-bisensual maybe? Uwu. Straight cis college guy who rapes women at frat parties but can't hold down a relationship? You're not a sociopath, you're just heterosexual aromantic and queer just like that kid you assaulted last week. People who are not in nuclear families are queer. Straight girls with pixie cuts are queer. Hell, your dog is queer. Uwu.

Oh God. Tumblr has made me HATE that word. I know it's a legitimate term but much like "People of color", there are a lot of people who could be classified as "queer" but don't like that word because it has been used as an insult in the past and prefer to use other words to describe their sexuality. Overall, I don't really like umbrella terms like "queer" or "POC". They're fine in some context but Tumblr goes overboard and lumps all of these indenties together and act like it's one big thing instead of realizing that these indenties have their own traits and issues.

 

[Meowthkip]

Pure Cinnamon Bun/Roll: Similar to My precious child/son/daughter; A character who's cute, nice and non-threatening.

Admittedly, having a character you wrote called a precious cinnamon roll makes you feel pretty good.

The source for this phrase was from an Onion headline.

 

[Jaimas]

NRx: Shorthand for the Neoractionary Movement, sometimes referred to by Tumblristas as the Dark Enlightenment or Alt-Right. Originally intended as a term for people who believe we should go back to a simpler time of Monarchist government, it got corrupted, like every term on Tumblr, to be synonymous with "thing we don't like," and now stands alongside MRAs, @Meowthkip, and Gamergate as a Tumblr bogeyman.

 

[Flamesoul the Diabolical]

Trans*: A blanket term that includes transgender, but attempts to apply the concept to anything and everything: ethnicity, species, weight, etc

Referring to the 'weight' part, I couldn't help thinking of trans fat lmao

 

[Problematic Kawaii]

There's been so many more tumblrisms lately

Smol: A cutesy version of small. Usually refering to kittens, birds and cute fictional characters

Birb: A cutesy version of bird.

Protect all (insert minority group) : I, random tumblr user will get so much pussy from Black and trans girls with pastel posters with white text!

Abuser: Similar to Problematic Fave, but more damaging.

Kinkshame: I make fun of porn that isn't ideologically pure.

Stop White People/Men/The Straights: I have no friends outside of tumblr

 

[LazarusOwenhart]

You know how in those isolated parts of your country you may come across someone whose language, while technically the same as yours, is so loaded with the local accent and slang that you can barely understand what they say? The echo chamber that is Tumblr has accomplished in just a few short years what normally takes decades or even centuries to do in the real world.

Understanding this bizarre dialect is key to figuring out just how crazy some of these Tumblrtards really are. Now I'm hardly an expert on Tumblrese so I would like to ask our Tumblr refugees for assistance in compiling a list of odd words/phrases commonly used on said site.

Spoiler: Abandon all hope ye who enter here...

Notes:
Many Tumblrisms are phonetically the same as their English language origins, but the exact meaning has been altered to support a certain point of view. For the sake of simplicity I will stick to Tumblr's definition. More detailed information on these terms can be found in the posts below.

Some words are often used to end arguments that someone feels they may lose. These will be tagged as an "IWB" or "I Win Button."

AAVE: African American Vernacular English (black people slang).

Ableism/Ableist: IWB - Discrimination or mistreatment of a person based solely on a mental or physical disability. Often applied to such words as 'crazy,' 'dumb' or 'stupid.'

Allistic: Not autistic.

Allosexual: Not asexual.

Aromantic: You don't fall in love with every single person you meet.

Asexual: You don't feel like having sex all the time.

Auxiliary Pronouns: Common pronouns (he/she/they) you may use instead of someone's neopronouns.

Bae: Slang (possibly AAVE) for "babe".

CAFAB/CAMAB: Coercively Assigned Female/Male At Birth. The doctor saying "it's a girl/boy!"

Check Your Privilege: IWB - "You have more privilege, therefore your opinion is invalid." See Privilege

Cisgender: The opposite of transgender.

Cishet: Slur - Short for Cisgender Heterosexual.

Cisphobia: Hatred of cisgender people. According to Tumblr, this is not real (die cis scum!).

Columbiner: Someone who idolizes the Columbine mass murderers.

Cotton Ceiling: The barrier between transgender people and those who do not want to have sex with them because of their physical genitalia. Similar to the Glass Ceiling, just replace 'upper level job positions' with 'contents of someone's underpants.'

Cultural Appropriation: Stealing a different race's culture by wearing certain clothing or hairstyles, learning their language, etc.

Demisexuality: Sexual attraction based on closeness in a relationship.

Dysphoria: The feeling your physical body does not match your inner self. See Otherkin and Trans*

Feminist: Someone who works for the fair treatment of women. On Tumblr this translates into blaming all of society's ills on MRAs, the Patriarchy or all men who have ever existed.

Flower Crowns: Tumblr fashion trend of wearing flower crowns and Photoshopping them on other pictures.

Gatekeeping: Deciding who can or cannot be part of a certain community. Most often applied to transmedicalists.

Headmate: Separate personality living in your brain. See Median/Multiple System

Internalized (X): IWB - Having a different viewpoint than a social advocate while being of the group they claim to advocate. "You've been brainwashed by society to think this is how things should be."

John Money: Psychologist often cited for his research on gender as social construct involving David Reimer.

Kintype: The exact type of kin someone identifies as. See otherkin

KMS/KYS: Kill Myself/Yourself. Appropriate response to someone who disagrees with you.

Latinx: Gender neutral term for people of Latin heritage.

Male/White Tears: A joke referring to the "fact" that a man's/white's problems could never be as bad as what women/PoC face.

Mansplaining: A man explaining something to a woman.

Median/Multiple System: Two or more personalities living in the same body. Similar to but distinct from Dissociative Identity Disorder/Schizophrenia.

Microaggression: A small, seemingly innocuous action that provides subtle reinforcement to racist/sexist/whatever-ist oppression.

Misandry: Hatred of men. According to Tumblr, this does not exist (kill all men!).

Misgendering: IWB - Using an unapproved pronoun.

Misogyny: Hatred of women. Often used as an IWB.

Monosexuality: Sexual attraction to only one gender.

MRA: Men's Rights Activist - Someone who works for the fair treatment of men. On Tumblr this translates into blaming all of society's ills on feminists, the Gynocentric government or all women who have ever existed.

Neopronouns: Pronouns invented by someone who feel common pronouns (he/she/they) do not apply to them.

Neuroatypical: Having a mental disorder/illness.

Neurotypical: Not having a mental disorder/illness.

Otherkin: Someone that personally identifies as something other than themselves: animals, mythological creatures, planets, etc. The connection ranges from feeling you have lot in common with something to believing you are said thing trapped in a human body (see Dysporia about the latter).

Patriarchy: The cabal of old white men who keep women oppressed in every aspect of life.

PoC: Person/People of Color (not white).

Polysexuality: Attraction to more than two genders but not all genders.

Privilege: An innate benefit someone has because of their race, religion, gender, sexuality, place of birth, age, etc.

Problematic: IWB -Views/attitudes different from your own.

Rape Culture: The idea that all men are rapists just waiting for the right moment to give in to their desires and that any interaction between a man and a women has overtones of rape.

Safe Place: A setting where people of whatever group you belong to can feel free to express themselves and support each other (unless you happen disagree with whoever runs the Safe Place on something, no matter how minor).

Sapiosexuality: Sexual attraction to intelligence.

Scientism: IWB - Reals > Feels.

Scopophobia: The fear of being stared at/watched. Often used to tag pictures with eyes to avoid triggering scopophobes, an act that most scopophobes consider retarded since the fear involves the concept of judgement or plotting harm, which someone's imaginary waifu is incapable of doing. Tumblr has yet to listen.

Self-Diagnosis: Diagnosing oneself with a (usually mental) disorder or illness instead of going to a health professional.

Shaming: Saying something bad about one's appearance, hobbies, fetishes, etc.

Shitlord: Slur for anyone who disagrees with you.

Signal Boost: To raise awareness about a problem by reblogging.

Skeleton: A script was created that replaced SJW with Skeleton. Disrespectful to Skeletons everywhere.

Social Construct: Something that is arbitrary or "a matter of opinion". Can refer to gender, biological sex, the concept of obesity, the whole discipline of science, etc.

Spoon: Metaphor for physical/mental effort. (Origin)

SWERF: Sex Worker Exclusionary Radical Feminist. Essentially anybody who points out that the bulk of self-representing sex workers online are higher up the privilege scale and don't represent the state of sex work globally.

TERF: Trans-Exclusional Radical Feminist. Does not believe that Transwomen are a legitimate front for feminism, being essentially former males. Often derogatorily called "Trans Exterminationist Radical Feminists" by their critics.

Tone-Policing: IWB - "Quit trying to control the conversation by telling me to stop being obnoxious!"

Toxic Masculinity: Stereotypical male traits such as aggressiveness, competitiveness, reliance of logic, and dismissal of emotions. Strangely, these are sometimes considered positive traits in women.

Trans*: A blanket term that includes transgender, but attempts to apply the concept to anything and everything: ethnicity, species, weight, etc.

Transmedicalist: Someone who insist on the medical nature of transgenderism, particularly on gender dysphoria: the - often intensely - uncomfortable feeling that your brain's wiring and your body's plumbing don't match.

Transmisogyny: Hatred of transwomen. Often used as an IWB.

Transphobia: Hatred of trans* people. Often used as an IWB.

Trigger: IWB - Something that upsets you.

Truscum: Slur for transmedicalist.

Tucute: The opposite of a transmedicalist, a tucute believes that gender is a choice and that anything can be a gender.

Tulpa: A particularly vivid headmate. Word originates from Buddhism (see Cultural Appropriation)

uvu/uwu: Tumblr smilies, the u's being closed eyes and the v or w being a smiling mouth.

Whitewashing: Giving a fictional PoC a lighter skin tone.

Wom*n/womxn/womyn: An attempt to remove man/men from woman/women.

I'll keep updating this post as more information comes in.

Has anyone ever noticed that Tumblr jargon is becoming more and more similar to Scientology jargon?

 

[Anime-Chan]

They expect people to remember and give a fuck about all this nonsense ????

 

[goiter]

I'm surprised "i just??????" and "This is so important" wasn't posted yet

 

[Flamesoul the Diabolical]

Let's not forget some of their manners of speaking and not just words/phrases.

It's been discussed on the forums before, but there's cry-typing, which is pretty dumb. "I m ss oo,, tri GGEred, ri,te no ow" Used when "upset", but really just looking for attention/asspats from their followers.
Then there's the capitalizing/yelling, mainly used when they're, well, yelling, usually in excitement for the most part: "oMIGOD I AM SO GUVKING HAPPY RIGHT NOW"
And one more I had in mind- similar to the cry-typing but not quite. Using a lot of commas when expressing doubt or hesitance: "oh,, uh,,, I'm not sure they would like that??? Sorry;;"
Which reminds me of another one. Sometimes they use semi-colons, which is somehow equated to anime sweat drops (at least in my opinion). It also can express apology, or guilt. See the example above for its usage.

There are most likely other speech tics they use, but these are the only ones I could think of off the top of my head. They're pretty universally used in this group. DeviantART has turned into tumblr quite a bit and that crowd also uses these tumblrisms I mentioned.

 

[LazarusOwenhart]

Let's not forget some of their manners of speaking and not just words/phrases.

It's been discussed on the forums before, but there's cry-typing, which is pretty dumb. "I m ss oo,, tri GGEred, ri,te no ow" Used when "upset", but really just looking for attention/asspats from their followers.
Then there's the capitalizing/yelling, mainly used when they're, well, yelling, usually in excitement for the most part: "oMIGOD I AM SO GUVKING HAPPY RIGHT NOW"
And one more I had in mind- similar to the cry-typing but not quite. Using a lot of commas when expressing doubt or hesitance: "oh,, uh,,, I'm not sure they would like that??? Sorry;;"
Which reminds me of another one. Sometimes they use semi-colons, which is somehow equated to anime sweat drops (at least in my opinion). It also can express apology, or guilt. See the example above for its usage.

There are most likely other speech tics they use, but these are the only ones I could think of off the top of my head. They're pretty universally used in this group. DeviantART has turned into tumblr quite a bit and that crowd also uses these tumblrisms I mentioned.

So what you're saying is that tumblr is so retarded they've managed to invent a typed form of speech impediment...

 

[Ho Mo for Women]

"I'm so gay!" or variations thereof. Used almost exclusively by closet heterosexual Tumblrinas ashamed to admit they're straight.

 

[The Great Citracett]

Found a new one of these today:

SQW

"Status Quo Warrior"

A non-SJW. Not necessarily against them, but still not one of them.
Literally anyone who isn't fighting for the greater good by getting offended over everything, and getting triggered into a quivering blob of jello that just can't even.

In the proud tradition of fighting labels, by labeling everything. Like autists have "allistic" as their slur for non-autists, and transpeople have "cis", "SQW" is pretty much just a new hate word for "normal".

Hasn't quite caught on but I've been seeing it spammed quite a bit in comment sections and such lately.