Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sealion
Participle: sealioned
Gerund: sealioning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | sealion |
| you | sealion |
| he;she;it | sealions |
| we | sealion |
| you | sealion |
| they | sealion |
Perfect
| I | have sealioned |
| you | have sealioned |
| he;she;it | has sealioned |
| we | have sealioned |
| you | have sealioned |
| they | have sealioned |
Past
| I | sealioned |
| you | sealioned |
| he;she;it | sealioned |
| we | sealioned |
| you | sealioned |
| they | sealioned |
Pluperfect
| I | had sealioned |
| you | had sealioned |
| he;she;it | had sealioned |
| we | had sealioned |
| you | had sealioned |
| they | had sealioned |
Future
| I | will sealion |
| you | will sealion |
| he;she;it | will sealion |
| we | will sealion |
| you | will sealion |
| they | will sealion |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sealioned |
| you | will have sealioned |
| he;she;it | will have sealioned |
| we | will have sealioned |
| you | will have sealioned |
| they | will have sealioned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sealion |
| you | sealion |
| he;she;it | sealion |
| we | sealion |
| you | sealion |
| they | sealion |
Perfect
| I | have sealioned |
| you | have sealioned |
| he;she;it | have sealioned |
| we | have sealioned |
| you | have sealioned |
| they | have sealioned |
Imperfect
| I | sealioned |
| you | sealioned |
| he;she;it | sealioned |
| we | sealioned |
| you | sealioned |
| they | sealioned |
Pluperfect
| I | had sealioned |
| you | had sealioned |
| he;she;it | had sealioned |
| we | had sealioned |
| you | had sealioned |
| they | had sealioned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sealion |
| you | would sealion |
| he;she;it | would sealion |
| we | would sealion |
| you | would sealion |
| they | would sealion |
Perfect
| I | would have sealioned |
| you | would have sealioned |
| he;she;it | would have sealioned |
| we | would have sealioned |
| you | would have sealioned |
| they | would have sealioned |
Imperative
| you | sealion |
| we | Let's sealion |
| you | sealion |
Verbs conjugated like 'sealion'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sealion'
dealign,
realign,
salmon,
sealift,
season,
section,
session,
station,
alien,
align,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
The verb is from “The Terrible Sea Lion”, a 2014 strip in the webcomic Wondermark, in which a character expresses a dislike of sea lions and a passing sea lion repeatedly, intrusively asks the character to justify this.
Sample Sentences
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There, Peggy speaks for every angry marginalised person who’s ever been sealioned or tone-policed in a disagreement. [2015 January 28, Andrew Wheeler, “Agent Carter’ Recap, Episode 4: The Blitzkrieg Button”, in Comics Alliance, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2015:]
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The purpose of sealioning never to actually learn or become more informed. [2015 March 24, Sarah Seltzer, “Beyond Mansplaining: A New Lexicon of Misogynist Trolling Behaviors”, in Flavorwire, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2015:]
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I can attest to reactionary right-wing trolls being the black belt masters of Internet pile-ons, or as Wondermark has indelibly dubbed the practice, “sealioning.” [2015 April 1, Arthur Chu, “Trevor Noah and the Toxicity of Twitter: A Cocktail Party Conversation That’s Being Refereed”, in The Daily Beast, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2017:]
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Popular definitions of harassment also extend to “sealioning” — a recently coined term based on an Internet comic, “The Terrible Sea Lion” — which seems to mean little more than unwelcome attempts to engage someone in debate. [2015 November 19, Cathy Young, “The dangers of going too far to curb online harassment”, in Washington Post, archived from the original on 20 Nov 2015:]