A dictionary of words we just made up · Vol. 1

bopuk

/ˈboʊ·pʊk/  noun, also interjection

  1. n. The tiny sound a thought makes when it leaves your head the moment you walk into a room. “I went to the kitchen for something and then — bopuk.”
  2. n. The exact second your phone slips out of your hand, before it hits your face in bed. “Scrolling at 2 a.m., then: bopuk. Nose is fine. Pride is not.”
  3. interj. Said out loud when a very confident plan quietly stops existing. “Monday: gym, diet, early nights. Tuesday: bopuk.”
  4. v. to bopuk — to leave a group chat without anyone noticing for three weeks.

Etymology: Unknown. Probably the noise a registry makes when a five-letter .com is still free in 2026. First recorded use: this page.

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