bubble
A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one made from soapy liquid.
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Born ~1720 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
Trying to maneuver life around one set of people that don't realize the amount of bad people in the world, versus another set of people that don't realize the amount of good people in this world, is like trying to pet…
this site (and most of gaming social media across platforms) is such a pc gaming bubble its crazy tbh
The world remains constant over the centuries. But human life is like the dew at dawn, or a bubble rising through water. Transitory.
Dalmatians when the stage coach scary dog privilege bubble popped: 😔
Is he going to wave his bubble wand from DisneyWorld and all be calm and peace will reign?!🤪
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A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one made from soapy liquid.
“The world remains constant over the centuries. But human life is like the dew at dawn, or a bubble rising through water. Transitory.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Dalmatians when the stage coach scary dog privilege bubble popped: 😔”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Stocks for the long run, 2021 "everything bubble" edition An investor who bought into the S&P 500 at 2021 year-end - the peak of the "everything bubble" - would have seen a ~25% drawdown in the subsequent 10 months but still have gained ~60% by now, ~4.5 years later”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Uuund sorry not sorry: darf sich meinerseits nun auch in der Block-Bubble mit eben denen vergnügen, wenn er schon nichts anderes beizutragen hat hier.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Noah Johnson from Austin, Texas is taste-testing soup. While doing so, James Wilson also spills bubble tea pearls everywhere and tries to pick them up as a server casually hands them a napkin without saying a word. Then, a waiter drops their tray and everyone gasps.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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A small spherical cavity in a solid material.
The yawning gap between data-center expenditures and the rest of the economy has caused whispers of bubble to rise to a chorus. Rapid construction of canals, railroads, and the fiber-optic cables laid during the dot-com bubble all create…
“Trying to maneuver life around one set of people that don't realize the amount of bad people in the world, versus another set of people that don't realize the amount of good people in this world, is like trying to pet a bubble.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“this site (and most of gaming social media across platforms) is such a pc gaming bubble its crazy tbh”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Is he going to wave his bubble wand from DisneyWorld and all be calm and peace will reign?!🤪”
— Bluesky· May 2026“this paired with the fucking rabbids pfp is having Some Kind of Primal Feeling bubble inside me”
— Bluesky· May 2026“No life experience outside of that bubble they refuse to leave. It's really bad when they want to argue with the experts because they feel like they know more. all i can do is smh”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(by extension) Anything resembling a hollow sphere.
Thomas, so often West Brom's most positive attacker down their left side and up against Salgado, twice almost burst the bubble of excitement around the ground but he had two efforts superbly saved by Robinson.
Bubble means: Anything resembling a hollow sphere.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
bubble means: Anything resembling a hollow sphere.. Register: neutral, standard English. Common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; always check the context before producing it yourself. A formal-English equivalent (a synonym or descriptive phrase) is usually safer in writing. When in doubt, paraphrase rather than reuse the slang form.
“If an [internal link](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/Bubble&namespace=0) incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.”
“Between 1995 and its peak in March 2000, investments in the [Nasdaq Composite](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasdaq_Composite "Nasdaq Composite") stock market index rose by 600%,\[ _[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed "Wikipedia:Citation needed")_\] only to fall 78% from its peak by October 2002, giving up all its gains during the bubble.”
“# Filter bubble Filter bubble Intellectual isolation through internet algorithms "Social media bubble" redirects here.”
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