Slang word of the day: yakkity yak

Today's slang word of the day is yakkity yak. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

yakkity yak

noun

• a person who is not on the Autistic spectrum. Used disparagingly by those on the Autistic spectrum.

  "Who do you think made the first stone spear?" asks Temple Grandin. "That wasn't the yakkity yaks sitting around the campfire. It was some Aspberger sitting in the back of a cave figuring out how to chip rocks into spearheads."
  
  -- "Life Among the 'Yakkity Yaks'", The Wall Street Journal, Bari Weiss, February 19 2010

  Possibly coined in the cited article.

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: bank

Today's slang word of the day is bank. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

bank

noun

• a great deal of money.

  After Terrel Davis renegotiated his contract, he made bank.

  More words meaning: many, much, lots
  More words meaning: money

• money.

  "Even third-place American Idol contestants and Diddy have not come forward as the creators, though it's obviously a solid hit and could make them a lot of bank."
  
  -- "No One Admits To Singing, Writing, Producing Nation's No. 1 Song", The Onion, July 18 2007

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: hillbilly heroin

Today's slang word of the day is hillbilly heroin. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

hillbilly heroin

noun

• the narcotic drug OxyContin.

  At the height of his addiction, Roy was spending up to $150 a day for OxyContin, which is also known as "hillbilly heroin."
  
  -- "'Trying to sweep the ocean back with a broom'", The Star Press, Keith Roysdon and Douglas Walker, February 21 2010

  More words meaning: opiates

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: owl

Today's slang word of the day is owl. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

owl

noun

• acronym for "Older Wiser Learner". A euphemism for an older person enrolled in college courses. (Often also called "returning student".)

  In 2005, the 63-years-old Kates, who refers to himself as a true Temple Owl (Older Wiser Learner), stood with his fellow classmates, as he received his Associate of Science degree in Horticulture.
  
  -- "James Kates: A Lifelong Hobby Becomes A College Degree", Ambler Campus of Temple University - Admissions

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: departure lounge

Today's slang word of the day is departure lounge. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

departure lounge

• the geriatric ward. Used by doctors in the UK.

  Citation: "Doctor slang is a dying art", BBC News, 18 August 2003

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: pony

Today's slang word of the day is pony. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

pony

noun

• one horsepower.

  In the 2009 model year, the STI retained its 305 ponies, but the WRX was boosted from 224 to 265 horsepower - enough to close the gap to just 40 horses between the two models.
  
  -- "Subaru WRX to Get STI Widebody Look for 2011, Debuts in New York", Motor Trend - WOT blog, Rory Jurnecka, 22 March 2010

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: gobsmacked

Today's slang word of the day is gobsmacked. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

gobsmacked

adjective

• very surprised.

  Kevin Halstead, 50, went out for a drink with friends after his decree absolute arrived in the post last Friday.
  
  He bought a lottery ticket the next day - and was gobsmacked when his lucky numbers came up later that evening, The Sun reports.
  
  - "Bus driver Kevin Halstead wins lotto day after divorce", The Herald Sun, Ben Ashford, March 17 2010

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: pound sand

Today's slang word of the day is pound sand. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

pound sand

verb

• a dismissive retort; "screw off".

  James Williams: I went to about five different high schools... in junior high, at Bloomfield Hills, they told me "You've got to cut your hair or you can't come back to school." I thought, what would Bob Dylan do? So I told them to pound sand.
  
  -- "Stooges' James Williamson back for more 'Raw Power'", The Detroit News, Susan Whitall, March 15 2010

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: neckbeard

Today's slang word of the day is neckbeard. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

neckbeard

noun

• a beard consisting only of facial hair on the neck.
• a beard that includes hair on the neck, but may also consist of other components.
• derogatory term for a nerd. This term arises from their (stereotypified) poor hygiene skills, which (on males of the facial-hair-producing age) leads to natural overgrowth of unkempt facial hair on the neck.

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: ramen profitable

Today's slang word of the day is ramen profitable. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

ramen profitable

• adjective. Literally, the state of a new business venture generating enough revenue to afford the purchase of instant ramen noodles, a popular inexpensive food. As defined by the term's coiner, entrepreneur Paul Graham:

  Ramen profitable means a startup makes just enough to pay the founders' living expenses.
  
  -- "Ramen Profitable", Paul Graham, July 2009

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: snog

Today's slang word of the day is snog. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

snog

noun

• an opened-mouth kiss; FRENCH KISS. British slang.

  Person A: Did you have sex?
  
  Person B: No, I only got a snog.

• a session of passionate kissing; "a make out session." British slang.

  He asked me if I fancied a snog.

transitive verb

• to kiss passionately; "make out". British slang.

  He indicated a half-lit hallway crowded with warped sarcophagi -- a good place to snog, if you don't mind the mummies. Luckily I'd been warned by gay travel websites that the museum's guards are notorious hustlers.
  
  -- "Cairo's Man Show", Utne Reader, Vaughan Walrus, Mar-Apr 07, p.95

• to kiss with an open mouth, usually placing one's tongue in the other person's mouth; "to French kiss". British slang.

  Me and my girlfriend snogged for a bit.

  At the end of the date he kissed me on the lips, but he didn't snog me.

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: tl;dr

Today's slang word of the day is tl;dr. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

tl;dr

• acronym for "too long; didn't read." Used to convey one's disinterest in reading some portion of text online.

  Comment 1: [something lengthy...]
  
  Comment 2: tl;dr

  More words meaning: texting, SMS, email, chat acronyms (list of)

• acronym for "too long; didn't read." Used to preface a summary of preceding or subsequent text, for the benefit of those who don't want to read the entire thing.

  [article text omitted...]
  
  TL;DR: Hollywood needs to do a better job of portraying the mentally ill. Also, what's the deal with airline food?
  
  -- "Nerdgasm: 'Shutter' crap", Daily Titan (Cal State Fullerton), Ashleigh Johnson, March 01 2010

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: gasper

Today's slang word of the day is gasper. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

gasper

• a person who practices auto-erotic asphyxiation.

  But the practice may be more widespread than most of us imagine: One online fetish site for "gaspers" (a slang term for AeA enthusiasts) claims to have received 4.7 million visitors since launching in April 1992.
  
  -- "The Orgasm to die for?", Details, Ian Daly

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: power-disc

Today's slang word of the day is power-disc. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

power-disc

• To watch a DVD box set of your favourite show almost non-stop on TV.

  The activity that is sweeping North America -- buying a DVD of your favourite TV show and watching it almost nonstop for days on end -- now has a name. A group of global trendsetters has decided that the activity shall be referred to as "Power-Discing."
  
  -- "The hot new trend of TV watching, is known as 'power-discing'", The Ottawa Citizen, April 10, 2007

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: high gravity

Today's slang word of the day is high gravity. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

high gravity

• with high alcohol content. Applied especially to beer.

  Sandel said he has fought drug and alcohol abuse in Farmington by passing a ban on high-gravity beer and fortified wine sales that was his initiative.
  
  -- "Farmington election to draw fresh faces", The Daily Times (Farmington, New Mexico), Steve Lynn, 10/10/2009

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: vacay

Today's slang word of the day is vacay. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

vacay

• vacation.

  As for Rihanna and her man, who are back in town after their PDA-filled vacay in Cabo...
  
  -- "Tyrese's Birthday Bash Brings Out Rihanna, Diddy...and the Cops!", E! Online Blog, Cristina Gibson, Jan 11 2010

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: boreout

Today's slang word of the day is boreout. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

boreout

• extreme boredom with one's job, leading to reduced performance and life satisfaction. Compare with burnout.

  Are you irritable when you return from work? Drained of emotion? You could be suffering from boreout.
  
  -- "Forget burnout, boreout is the new office disease", Times Online, Roger Boyes, September 15, 2007

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Sep 29 2009  (Edit definition)

• For more information, see the Wikipedia article for boreout.

  by WalterGR, Sacramento, CA, USA, Feb 20 2010  (Edit definition)

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)