🎸 "Vocab for Vibes: Talk Your Way Into (and Out of) Anything"

Party — social arena where fun happens and mistakes are made (ideally not on camera).

Alcohol — confidence in a bottle. Best consumed with loud music and plausible deniability.

Hangover — reminder that joy has consequences.

Date — job interview with eye contact and hormones.

Flirting — undefined situation with potential. Dangerous but exciting.

Chat someone up — opening move. Don’t overthink it. Or maybe do.

Love at first sight — probably just horniness but let’s romanticise it.

Breakup — the end of something you maybe shouldn’t have started.

Confess feelings — vulnerable moment, ideally after they’ve confessed first.

Heartbreak — write a song. Cry in the bath. Move on (eventually).

Freedom — terrifying but also means no one’s mad at you right now.

Passion — ideal in both romance and band practice.

Feeling — hard to describe, easy to get lost in.

Honesty — risky but makes you look deep.

Lie — sometimes necessary. Don’t get caught.

Misunderstanding — common. Just say “That’s not what I meant” a lot.

Conversation — two people speaking. Ideally not at cross-purposes.

Dead air — worse than death. Fill it with anything.

Joke — saves lives. Or kills the vibe.

Lyrics — emotions dressed up as words.

Melody — the bit people actually remember. Make it pretty.

Create — making something out of chaos. Sometimes it's a tune, sometimes it’s a mess.

Performance — pretend you know what you’re doing, loud.

Stage — elevated surface where panic and glory meet.

Applause — sound of approval. Try not to get addicted.

Audience — group of strangers who might love you, hate you, or just be texting.

Drummer — backbone of the band. Underappreciated legend.

Failure — not the end. Just the bit before a comeback.

Success — vague feeling of “maybe I didn’t screw it up.”

Inspiration — shows up randomly. Don’t scare it off by trying too hard.

Give up — valid option. Sometimes noble, sometimes just Tuesday.

Try hard — cringe but powerful.

Confidence — pretend until it sticks.

Relax — extremely difficult. Often requires snacks.

Awkward — daily occurrence. Make it part of your brand.

Improvise — the only plan I’ve ever had.

Desire — hard to explain, harder to ignore.

Chaos — home turf.

Opportunity — door that may or may not be real.

Rejection — builds character. Eventually.

Friend — person who listens to your nonsense and doesn’t leave.

Enemy — person who reminds you of your worst self.

Pressure — sometimes it helps. Usually it doesn’t.

Avoid — a surprisingly effective short-term strategy.

Impulse — the driving force behind 90% of my decisions.

Experience — what you get when things don’t go to plan.

Crazy — the line between genius and breakdown.

Honestly — usually followed by something risky.

I get it — good line to say even when you don’t.

You okay? — can be sincere. Or a distraction.

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