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drag race / main drag

  • Dave Wilton

Dave Wilton

28 Aug 2023 • 4 min read
drag race / main drag
Two dragsters racing

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bootleg (paid)

12 Jan 2026 3 min read
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incel

12 January 2026 Incel is a portmanteau of involuntary celibate, referring to a person, usually a heterosexual man, who desires a sexual or romantic partner but is unable to find one. The term arose as a self-identifier and spawned a virtual subculture as those who could not find sexual partners
12 Jan 2026 3 min read
Pencil sketch of a woman sitting at a computer workstation with the proper ergonomic angles marked

ergonomics

9 January 2026 Ergonomics is a combination of the Greek ἔργον (ergo, meaning work) + the English -nomics, taken from economics. It is the study of the interaction of people and their work environments, particularly in reference to efficiency and safety. The word was evidently coined in 1949 by a group
09 Jan 2026 2 min read
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