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'''Xnopyt''' is a term often referenced in [[The Resonance]] and other Resonite Team [[office hours]], referring to frustrations encountered in their work. | '''Xnopyt''' is a term often referenced in [[The Resonance]] and other Resonite Team [[office hours]], referring to frustrations encountered in their work. | ||
The term originates as a nonsense word in Tom Scott's video "What Counts as a Word?"<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8niIHChc1Y</ref> (there pronounced | The term originates as a nonsense word in Tom Scott's video "What Counts as a Word?"<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8niIHChc1Y</ref> (there pronounced as [kɾ̥nɔpɪt]). A viral edit featuring Tom screaming and disintegrating after saying the word<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMgCBYgVwsI</ref> has led to some people defining it as "to disintegrate at the thought of something".<ref>https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Xnopyt</ref> Resonite staff has adopted the word (with the alternate pronunciation [ʃnɔpɪt], i.e. starting with "sh") to refer more generally to annoyances; in office hour streams, a chat member may simply ask "xnopyt?" to prompt the streamer to talk about one of their recent frustrations.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0vgzKtk9e8</ref> The reversed version of the word, "typonx", refers to things that "make them reintegrate", i.e. things that they're glad about.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIBGQOsNgHg</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 22:13, 5 February 2026
Xnopyt is a term often referenced in The Resonance and other Resonite Team office hours, referring to frustrations encountered in their work.
The term originates as a nonsense word in Tom Scott's video "What Counts as a Word?"[1] (there pronounced as [kɾ̥nɔpɪt]). A viral edit featuring Tom screaming and disintegrating after saying the word[2] has led to some people defining it as "to disintegrate at the thought of something".[3] Resonite staff has adopted the word (with the alternate pronunciation [ʃnɔpɪt], i.e. starting with "sh") to refer more generally to annoyances; in office hour streams, a chat member may simply ask "xnopyt?" to prompt the streamer to talk about one of their recent frustrations.[4] The reversed version of the word, "typonx", refers to things that "make them reintegrate", i.e. things that they're glad about.[5]