Neologisms I have coined rather than learning the real words.
The Radium Problem — deploying technology enthusiastically before understanding its dangers
The Chemicals Problem — public conflation of a specific harmful thing with an entire neutral category
Procrastagnation (1) — the process of leaving an idea for too long so it goes off due to lack of flow and activity
Procrastagnation (2) – the state of simultaneously procrastinating and stagnating while feeling productively busy
Buttercup – an entry level example or non-committal experience to test if you will like something, based on the idea of putting a buttercup under your chin to see if you like butter.
Examples :
Kind of Blue is a buttercup for jazz. No commitment, no scat, just see if it settles into you.
Ticket to Ride is a buttercup for board game nights. If the table’s still laughing at the end, go deeper.
Nilbog Mode – A span of unexpected productivity caused by paradoxical neurodiverse reactions to pressures.
Named for the Nilbog creature originally formalized in D&D in the first Fiend Folio, a Nilbog is a ‘Bizarro goblin’ who receives opposites of all effects. Negatives become positives. If you find coffee helps you sleep, repetitive tasks are energizing rather than boring, and looming deadlines create your calmest, most focused state, you might be in Nilbog Mode.
Dunning-Krugerrands – the money people earn who are too dumb to know they are not worth it