- Limerence
- A state of intense infatuation or obsessive love, especially when reciprocation is uncertain; coined by psychologist Dorothy Tenov in her book 'Love and Limerence.' Used in the episode to describe the wife's one-sided obsession with her personal trainer.
- Situationship
- An informal romantic or sexual arrangement that lacks the commitment or defined status of an official relationship; used in the episode to describe the brief romantic connection between Aaron and the OP's best friend 8 years prior.
- AITA
- Abbreviation for 'Am I the Asshole,' a popular Reddit community where users post moral dilemmas and ask other users to judge who was in the wrong.
- AITAH
- A subreddit variant of AITA (Am I The Asshole Here) where users share interpersonal conflict stories and seek community judgment on their behavior.
- Microaggression
- A subtle, often unintentional statement or action that communicates a demeaning or prejudiced message to a marginalized group; used in the episode to describe the wife's Zendaya/Whoopi Goldberg comment as possibly racially motivated.
- Earworm
- A catchy piece of music or phrase that gets stuck in one's mind and keeps repeating involuntarily; used by Michaela to describe Morgan's recollection of Wendy Williams' 'denial is a river in Egypt' quote.
- Expressive aphasia
- A language disorder in which a person has difficulty expressing words or sentences coherently despite understanding them; Morgan used this term loosely to describe her recent struggles with word recall.
- Limerence support subreddit
- A Reddit community dedicated to people experiencing limerence, referenced in the episode as a resource linked by a commenter on the personal trainer story.
- Mandela effect
- A phenomenon where a large group of people share a false collective memory, believing something happened that didn't; Morgan used it to describe listener confusion over whether they'd heard a story on the podcast before.
- Stonewalling
- A communication behavior where a person refuses to engage or respond in a conversation, effectively shutting it down; used in the episode to describe the best friend's weeks-long silence as an unhealthy communication pattern.
- Frenemy
- A person who is outwardly friendly but harbors rivalry, jealousy, or hostility beneath the surface; Morgan used it to describe the dynamic between the two women in Story 4.
- Dibs
- Informal: to claim priority or exclusive rights over something or someone; used in the episode to describe the pattern of the best friend asserting romantic claims over every man in the mutual social circle.
- Angel Tree
- A charitable program, typically run around Christmas, where donors select a gift tag for a child in need and purchase gifts for them; Morgan mentioned doing Angel Tree shopping at Walmart.
- Conventionally attractive
- Conforming to widely shared or mainstream standards of physical beauty; the Reddit OP in Story 1 used this phrase repeatedly to distinguish between universal beauty standards and personal attraction.
