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Sean Monahan
Aug 25, 2026
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rihannastalgia

/riˌanəˈstaldʒə/ noun

1. Longing for Rihanna’s 2010s pop reign, and for the decade it dominated. “Rihannastalgia is a precursor to the coming wave of 2010s nostalgia.”—over text today with a friend

Origin: Portmanteau of Rihanna + nostalgia.


nontechnical north

/nɒnˈtɛknɪk(ə)l nɔːθ/ noun

1. The northern San Francisco neighborhoods (the Marina, Cow Hollow, and Pacific Heights) where finance and marketing professionals live. “Those in venture, product, media etc. inevitably live in the Nontechnical North. The few engineers here are aesthetes capable of eye contact (spiritually nontechnical).”

Origin: Coined by Neall Seth on X, 2026.


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