New episode is up ! Main Character May begins with Storm Shadow, part 1 ! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P_u...
For me currently, it’s “main character from obscure game” Once Monsterfucker May is over i’m gonna be writing at least one fic for such a thing… oh and more Pokemon fic but w/e
Someone behaving as if the world revolves around them — sometimes self-applied ("I'm the main character today") in an empowering register, sometimes critically ("main character syndrome"). 2020s self-mythologising vocabulary.
She did her makeup on the train like she was main character of the city this morning.
Main character means: Someone behaving as if the world revolves around them - sometimes self-applied in an empowering register, sometimes critically ("main character syndrome"). 2020s self-mythologising vocabulary.. 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.
Slang is read by different audiences for very different reasons. The For parents view re-explains the term in plain, non-judgemental language so a caregiver can understand what their child means without needing the surrounding subculture. The For English learners view focuses on register (when it's safe to use), formal alternatives, and common mistakes — what a textbook won't teach you.
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Viral internet speak — memes, ratios, main-character moments, and the algospeak of every platform from Twitter to Reddit to TikTok comment sections.
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I don’t understand people who *want* to be the main character #onhere.
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Someone who acts as if they are the protagonist of every situation. Originally from a TikTok trend encouraging people to romanticize their own lives; now often used pejoratively.
"He's main-charactering this group project."
“New episode is up ! Main Character May begins with Storm Shadow, part 1 ! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P_u...”
“For me currently, it’s “main character from obscure game” Once Monsterfucker May is over i’m gonna be writing at least one fic for such a thing… oh and more Pokemon fic but w/e”
“I don’t understand people who *want* to be the main character #onhere.”
“A protagonist (from Ancient Greek πρωταγωνιστής (prōtagōnistḗs) 'one who plays the first part, chief actor') is the main character of a story.”
“In literature, the deuteragonist ( DEW-tə-RAG-ə-nist; from Ancient Greek δευτεραγωνιστής (deuteragōnistḗs) 'second actor') or secondary main character is the second most important character of a narrative, after the protagonist and before the tritagonist.”
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Pejorative: someone monopolizing attention or self-narrating excessively. The flip side of the original aspirational meaning.
"He's main-charactering the meeting."
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