perma

Durable product prefix

Perma is a prefix or combining form meaning permanent, used in casual speech and internet slang to suggest something lasting or unchangeable.

A perma-ban is a permanent ban from a platform or game.

Someone with a perma-smile always seems to be grinning.

Perma-tired describes chronic exhaustion.

The form clips permanent for efficiency while adding informal flavor.

permanence

lasting

Continuing through time

constant · unchanging · persistent · perpetual · indefinite · durable · immutable · eternal · abiding · steadfast

permaculture

sustainable

Able to endure long-term

food forest · polyculture · swales · mulching · regenerative · homesteading · no-till · water harvesting · organic · self-sufficient

frost

tundra

Frigid treeless biome

  • arcticOf extreme northern cold
  • frozenSolidified by extreme cold
  • thawReturn to liquid

methane · Siberia · Alaska · melting · climate · degradation · carbon · boreal · polar · subsidence

Opposites
duration/permanence

permatemp

Provisional worker, briefly

temporary · transient · fleeting · ephemeral · momentary

Phrases
Family

permanent, permanence, permanently, impermanent, impermanence, permafrost, permeate, permeation, permeable

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G