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demotional

[dih-moh-shuh-nl]

April 5, 2019

黑料网 does demotional mean?

Are you really passionate yet don’t let things get under your skin?

You may be聽demotional, a slang coinage meaning “detached and emotional.”

Where does demotional come from?

GQ India

Prior to 2016, 诲别尘辞迟颈辞苍补濒听was just the name of a Swedish heavy metal bad. That, 补苍诲听demotional was occasionally used as an adjective form of demotion.

Then came along聽a November 2016 episode of the Indian talk show Koffee with Karan. On it, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, the so-called “King of Bollywood,” described himself as聽demotional. Asked what it meant, SRK explained that the word was a blend of聽detached 补苍诲听emotional.

The Indian Express / Star World India

Khan, an acclaimed actor, is obviously a very expressive person capable of great emotion. However, he’s said he’s learned to steel himself against bad reviews and harsh criticisms of his films鈥攈e’s detached, aloof, dispassionate, but still gets a lot out of life. Khan also used聽demotional聽to describe fellow guest and Bollywood star Alia Bhatt’s attitude, which he extended to youth more generally.

Bollywood media glommed onto聽demotional in reporting on Khan’s appearance, helping spread it among Khan’s many fans.聽Demotional also earned an Urban Dictionary entry a few days after the talk show which directly credited the word to SRK.

Lets get Demotional

— BAADSHAH (@VisheshRathi_)

Shahrukh has defined a whole generation with the word "demotional". Detached yet emotional.
Oxford dictionary, take note.

— 馃尰 (@elleoncoffee)

While demotional blew up in 2016 thanks to his聽Koffee with Karan interview, it turns out Shah Rukh Khan coined the word in 2011 and had been using it throughout the 2010s.

Invented a word to describe myself. DEMOTIONAL.Deeply emotional & strangely Detached.Invent one that best & uniquely describes u & tweet it

— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk)

Examples of demotional

I used to be detached before, Then I become emotional, Now I am Demotional.

@SRK_Worshipper, January, 2018

Her 'demotional' personality, millennial vibe and devil may care attitude makes her a face of this new wave of stardom that has entered the industry.

Sameeksha Dandriyal, CNN-News 18, March, 2018

I am extremely one-sided, perhaps even selfish. Actually, I am very detached. I am demotional - emotional and detached, I don't know how it works. I won't be able to say anything that I've done in my films to a girl, or even in relationships...

Shah Rukh Khan in聽The Times of India, July, 2017

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Who uses demotional?

The word聽demotional is intimately associated with聽Shah Rukh Khan. SRK uses it of himself, and his fans and Bollywood reporters use it of his personal life and acting.

Demotional. I am detached and yet I am emotional. I am strangely detached from life and yet I am emotional about the things I do..

— Tinu Nebhani (@dhoni_srk28)

. talks about how detached and 'demotional' he is, when it comes to relationships

— Delhi Times (@DelhiTimesTweet)

SRK’s fans may also apply it to their own circumstances when feeling that mix of great passion about life yet detachment from its woes.

"Be demotional. Detached but emotional." – SRK

And this is why I cry while watching movies & reading books, and never at my own misfortunes

— clueless (@athaagot7)

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