chinkware

From Chink (“contemptuous term for a Chinese person”) + -ware.

suf

That will mean lots more chinkware for you to hype.

2011 April 17, Gordon Darling, “PC's have peaked”, in alt.comp.freeware (Usenet)

The Windows firewall built into Vista, and Windows 7 is class. Why would I want to use Chinkware with Geekbuddy support , or indeed insert any third party code into the very fine network stack developed by Microsoft, with a little help from BSD.

2011 May 30, Pooh the Cat, “Privatefirewall Questions”, in alt.comp.freeware (Usenet)

You always defend chinkware, which Bear Bottoms did at the behest of the PLA. Chinkware, when made in the PRC, not Taiwan, is always spyware, unconditionally, no variations on that. The PRC is the major industrial spy in the world. […]

2015 March 15, The Haberdasher Genl., “Pooh: Caver is Bear, you already know that.”, in alt.comp.freeware (Usenet)

The xposed module itself is closed source and the link on the github page is very suspicious. I'm not running any unknown chinkware on something higher than user level.

2022 September 15, u/Mitko0111, “Archived copy”, in Reddit, archived from the original on 2022-09-16

[…] if you're a company that could in any case ever compete with a chinese company, or a government infrastructure builder, stay away […] chinkware will be weaponized in the upcoming war

2023 November 30, anonymous author, 4chan

(Internet slang, computing, derogatory, ethnic slur) Software created in China, regarded as being likely to maliciously surveil the user; Chinese spyware.


(video games) Abbreviation of buy-to-play (“that which can be played with a single, one-time purchase; pay-to-play”).


Abbreviation of subscribe for a subscription back or a similar phrasing, otherwise analysable as sub (“a subscription”) + 4 (“abbreviation of for”) + sub (“a subscription”). Compare follow4follow.

compound

Similar to those who subscribe to everyone, secretly hoping those users will subscribe back, we have the Sub4Sub users. Sub4Sub users blatantly tell you they will subscribe to you if you subscribe to them.

2008, Alan Lastufka, Michael W. Dean, YouTube: An Insider's Guide to Climbing the Charts, O'Reilly Media, page 170

@EdddyyTv I don't get how you're growing so fast? Got any tips? please don't say sub4sub though or i will cry haha

2012 December 30, @AynsleyTravel, Twitter

Sub4sub doesn't get you any actual viewers. Subscribers are not equal to viewers. You want viewers who will actually watch your videos, and that's what's important. Sub4sub people will probably not watch your channel, just like you probably won't watch theirs.

2017 February 5, u/Asuko_XIII, “Can someone help me understand how sub4sub is bad?”, in r/letsplay, Reddit

A video maker named Ontus (his YouTube channel name) was a white man who posted a video entitled sub4sub? on YouTube on March 28, 2008. He characterizes the practice as "brilliant" and "awesome" because, if executed widely, it could provide a "launch pad" of subscribers and facilitate meeting new people.

2019, Patricia G. Lange, Thanks for Watching: An Anthropological Study of Video Sharing on YouTube, University Press of Colorado, page 123

Requesting subscribers in exchange for subscribing to other channels, commonly known as "sub4sub," is a violation of YouTube's guidelines.

2023, B. Vincent, YouTube Hacks: Secrets to Boost Your Views and Engagement, RWG Publishing, page 22

(Internet slang) On the video-sharing service YouTube, the practice of subscribing to a person's channel in exchange for said person mutually subscribing back to one's channel, often with the goal of artificially inflating one's subscriber count.


Prim's algorithm

Named after computer scientist Robert C. Prim, who rediscovered and published it in 1957.

minimum spanning tree
minimum spanning tree

(computing theory) A greedy algorithm that finds a minimum spanning tree for a weighted undirected graph.


absolute path

(computing) A path or address that identifies a file or web page which includes all the information necessary to find the file or web page with no assumptions based on local context.


Wikigroaning

Blend of Wikipedia + groaning. Coined by Jon Hendren in a 2007 post on Something Awful (see quotation below).

We go Wikigroaning on the SA forums from time to time and feel confident enough to share the fruits of our latest outing with the public. We're pretty proud of some of these. Enjoy!

2007 June 5, Jon Hendren, “The Art of Wikigroaning”, in Something Awful, archived from the original on 2024-01-14

And then there is the point made by wiki-groaning, the practice of comparing the length of Wikipedia articles to comic effect. For example "Lightsaber Combat" beats out "Modern Warfare."

2010 September 5, Ced Kurtz, “TechMan: Falling encyclopedia book sales squeeze publishers”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, P.A.: Block Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-04-05

It is true, as commentators on Wikigroaning have often observed, that the often ludicrous disproportion of trivial Wikipedia articles does not undermine the authority of more substantive articles because there is no shortage of bytes in the Wikipedia universe.

2014, Thomas Leitch, Wikipedia U: Knowledge, Authority, and Liberal Education in the Digital Age, Baltimore, M.D.: Johns Hopkins University Press, page 77

(neologism, humorous) The act of comparing two similar Wikipedia articles, one considered generally useful and the other primarily appealing to nerdy interests, and observing that (to one's disappointment) the latter is significantly longer and more professionally written.

Family
Family Guy
Something Awful
Storm (Marvel Comics)
Thunderstorm


vertical mouse

(computing) A computer mouse that stands upright, with buttons on the side, designed to reduce strain on the user's wrist.


adaptive tile refresh

(computer graphics, historical) A sidescrolling technique for video games, making unusual use of the EGA graphics hardware to minimize redrawing.


Prim-Dijkstra algorithm

Prim's algorithm
Prim's algorithm#English

(computing theory) Synonym of Prim's algorithm


Jarník's algorithm

It was developed in 1930 by Czech mathematician Vojtěch Jarník.


DJP algorithm

Short for Dijkstra, Jarník, Prim; see the other names and explanations at Prim's algorithm.


cheevo

(video games, slang) An achievement (award for meeting an objective).


reputation system

en-noun

reputation system (plural reputation systems)

(Internet) A program or algorithm that allows users to rate each other in online communities in order to build trust through reputation.


true ending

(video games) An ending in a video game that leaves no ambiguity, mystery or doubt.


rage game

A video game specifically designed to anger the player.


manfluencer

Blend of man + influencer. Lexicalized within academic parlance by Swiss-German political scientist Regula Stämpfli in a podcast 2022-12-31 shortly after Andrew Tate’s arrest in Romania, as recognized by herself, after marketing lingo dated to the Corona year 2020 to designate a counterpart to emerging female brand influencers.

coinage

as part of an emerging research agenda on the implications of responses to manfluencer culture in education settings, we suggest a particular focus on the extent, form and effect of school leadership’s responses to this phenomenon.

2023 December 17, Stephanie Wescott, Steven Roberts, Xuenan Zhao, “The problem of anti-feminist ‘manfluencer’ Andrew Tate in Australian schools: women teachers’ experiences of resurgent male supremacy”, in Gender and Education, volume 36, number 2, →DOI, pages 167–182


superword

The Winchester drive loads data in chunks of 32 superwords […]

Recognition memory (REM) consists of 32 or more 256-byte superwords, comparison logic and control bits.

1983, Mini-micro Systems, volume 16, page 238

(computing) A group of words (fixed-sized groups of binary digits) treated as a unit.


hyperimage

(Internet, rare) Any image that contains a hyperlink.


empty string

From empty (“containing no elements”) + string (“ordered sequence of text characters”).

com

(programming) A string with a length of zero.


fieldbus

(computer hardware, networking) A member of a family of industrial digital communication networks used for real-time distributed control.


Time-Triggered Protocol

(networking) An open computer network protocol for control systems, designed as a time-triggered fieldbus for vehicles and industrial applications.


default gateway

en-noun

default gateway (plural default gateways)

(computing, networking) The node in a computer network using the Internet Protocol suite serving as the forwarding host to other networks when no other route specification matches the destination IP address of a packet.


TBOI

The Binding of Isaac
w:The Binding of Isaac (video game)

(video games) Initialism of The Binding of Isaac.


Yugituber

Myutants, the new World Premiere Theme, have a solid chunk of their cards revealed courtesy of yugituber Ruggles.

2020 October 21, Deadborder, “[PHRA-EN] Myutants”, in YGOrganization, archived from the original on 2020-11-01

With Yugituber Reveal Openings now out, it’s time to find out just what’s in the upcoming Yu-Gi-Oh! Speed Duel GX: Duel Academy Box.

2022 March 11, Tinker, “[Speed Duel GX Box] The 8 Decklists”, in YGOrganization, archived from the original on 2022-05-26

Yu-Gi-Tubers provide a constant stream of Yu-Gi-Oh! content, including analysis of new cards and archetypes, combo tutorials, and banlist breakdowns.

2022 September 11, Drew Heckman, “Why Yu-Gi-Oh!'s Fan-Made Community Is an Essential Resource for New Players”, in CBR, archived from the original on 2022-09-11

(fandom slang) A YouTuber who makes videos about Yu-Gi-Oh!


CIRT

CIRT (countable and uncountable, plural CIRTs)

(computer security) Initialism of computer incident response team


CSIRT

computer security
computer security#English

(computer security) Initialism of computer security incident response team


SIRT

SIRT (countable and uncountable, plural SIRTs)

(computer security) Initialism of security incident response team


linear congruential generator

linear congruential generator (plural linear congruential generators)

(computing theory) An algorithm that yields a sequence of pseudo-randomized numbers calculated with a discontinuous piecewise linear equation.


Gransnetter

Last week, she [Ann Widdecombe] took part in a live webchat on Gransnet and revealed she thinks she probably won’t be remembered politically “at all”. […] Ann emphatically told Gransnetters she still believes in the death penalty, still thinks there’s no place for women priests in the church, declares positive discrimination “an insult to women”, reckons virginity is “underrated” and states that Maggie Thatcher was a far greater prime minister than David Cameron will ever be.

2012 June 17, Janet Street-Porter, “Fake Britain at the heart of Olympics”, in The Independent on Sunday, number 1,1163, London, page 13, column 4

In fact we’ve worked out that, between them, gransnetters have 326,741* years’ experience in bringing up children, so they have had plenty of time to learn from their mistakes and accrue a fair bit of know-how along the way.

2013, Gransnet Limited, “Introduction”, in The New Granny’s Survival Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Be the Best Gran, London: Vermilion, an imprint of Ebury Publishing, page 3

The book [The New Granny’s Survival Guide] itself adopts an admirably light touch as it guides us through the potential minefield that is modern grannying. Lots of humour and real-life contributions from Gransnetters and, thank goodness, no lecturing. […] For instance, how much help should you, as a granny, give? One Gransnetter writes: “My son-in-law is very capable, so I am not needed from a practical point of view.[…]”

2013 September 21, Hilary Boyd, “The thoroughly modern gran”, in The Daily Telegraph, number 49,243, London, pages W1–W2

Not surprisingly, research by Gransnet has found that while one in six grandparents have taken early retirement or quit paid employment to help out with their children, 80 per cent of them say their sacrifice is worth it,[…]. Here’s what some of the grandmas and grandads that use Gransnet forums say: […] Expectations or not being able to say no – Gransnet editor Lara Crisp explains: “Some Gransnetters volunteered or agreed to look after their first grandchild, then another arrived, then their other children had a couple, so they felt they couldn’t say no to help them out.[…]”

2017 October 25, “Half-term: 10 advantages and disadvantages of relatives’ childcare / What do you get out of the need for ‘granny childcare’?”, in Witney Gazette, Witney, Oxon: Newsquest, page 45, column 3

(Internet) A member of Gransnet, a London-based sister website to Mumsnet for users over 50 years old.


RYMer

Shockingly, 72% of RYMers so far have answered white.

2012 September 10, Dean F., “From Rate Your Music: "Are your tastes more black or white?"”, in rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1950s (Usenet)

who are some underrated RYMerz

2015 November 29, “ITT: Post cringe RYM accounts”, in 4chan, archived from the original on 2024-04-21

I've cultivated a list of biological female RYMers for the past few years and there was a time when my daily ritual was checking all their profiles and marveling at their excellent taste, stalking their other social media and falling in hopeless love. Here are some:

2016 July 2, “RYM // Sonemic general”, in 4chan, archived from the original on 2024-04-21

why aren’t there any japanese female rymers?

2019 May 23, 4chan, archived from the original on 2024-04-21

As a heavy RYMer, I've been listening to nothing but D'Angelo for three days straight because of the RYM charts.

2023 April 24, u/Eihabu, Reddit, archived from the original on 2023-04-24

As a final note, many books in there feature "mini-lists" in addition to the main list featured in each book. That RYMer did the complete job by posting the mini-lists in addition to the main lists, sorting them out clearly.

2024 January 26, Pierre, “The Westcoast/AOR bibles - Frédéric Slama (2017-2023)”, in Acclaimed Music Forums, archived from the original on 2024-04-21

(Internet) A user of the website Rate Your Music.


netsec

Coordinate term: infosec


XXE

XML external entity (attack)
w:XML external entity attack

(computer security) Initialism of XML external entity (attack).


intrinsify

en-verb

intrinsify (third-person singular simple present intrinsifies, present participle intrinsifying, simple past and past participle intrinsified)

intrinsifies (present singular third-person)
intrinsifying (participle present)
intrinsified (participle past)
intrinsified (past)

The instruction which we are going to intrinsify is the CRC32 calculation, which is implemented by java.util.zip.CRC32.

2015, Alex Kasko, Stanislav Kobylyanskiy, Alexey Mironchenko, OpenJDK Cookbook, Packt, page 139

(software compilation) To turn (instructions) into an intrinsic.


hashtagify

hashtagify (third-person singular simple present hashtagifies, present participle hashtagifying, simple past and past participle hashtagified)

hashtagifies (present singular third-person)
hashtagifying (participle present)
hashtagified (participle past)
hashtagified (past)

(transitive, neologism, informal, Internet) To render or turn (something) into a hashtag.


frame one

(video games) Of a player character's attack, active on the first frame after the player's input.


password wallet

en-noun

password wallet (plural password wallets)

I believe Mozilla 5 (to be released as Netscape 6) also has a password "wallet" feature. Not sure about other vendors.

2000 March 16, Peter W, “allowing directory access for authorized users”, in comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix (Usenet)

Instead, the individual passwords are generated algorithmically from the master password and the sites’ names. As an advantage compared with a password wallet, nothing at all needs to be stored on the client machines. As a disadvantage, there is no easy way to change the master password.

2007, Max Hailperin, Operating Systems and Middleware: Supporting Controlled Interaction, Thomson Course Technology, page 405

The two main things to remember with a password wallet is to have a very secure unique password or passphrase to access the wallet, and keep a secure record of the password or passphrase,[…]

2017, Graham Day, Security in the Digital World: For the home user, parent, consumer and home office, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, page 111

He showed Gemma the files to read and unlocked his password wallet. "The password wallet isn't very secure." "More secure than my physical diary which I'm sure has been checked.[…]"

2017, Ray McCarthy, The Solar Alliance, Corvids Press, page 154

The user must have access to the password wallet whenever she needs a password.

2018, Matt Bishop, Computer Security: Art and Science, Pearson Education, page 523

In this section, we adapt our OTP wallet construction to the proof-of-stake setting (the password wallet can also be adapted likewise).

2023, Shin'ichiro Matsuo, Lewis Gudgeon, Ariah Klages-Mundt, Daniel Perez Hernandez, Sam Werner, Thomas Haines, Aleksander Essex, Andrea Bracciali, Massimiliano Sala, editors, Financial Cryptography and Data Security. FC 2022 International Workshops: CoDecFin, DeFi, Voting, WTSC, Grenada, May 6, 2022, Revised Selected Papers, Springer International Publishing, page 632

(computing, cryptography) An application or mechanism which stores someone's passwords by encryption.


RLAIF

Reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) has proven effective in aligning large language models (LLMs) with human preferences. However, gathering high-quality human preference labels can be a time-consuming and expensive endeavor. RL from AI Feedback (RLAIF), introduced by Bai et al., offers a promising alternative that leverages a powerful off-the-shelf LLM to generate preferences in lieu of human annotators.

2023, “RLAIF: Scaling Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback with AI Feedback”, in Arxiv

a prime hurdle lies in gathering high-quality human preference labels. This is where reinforcement learning from human feedback with AI feedback (RLAIF) comes into the picture, a novel framework by Google Research to train models with reduced reliance on human intervention.

2023 October 6, Tasmia Ansari, “Reinforcement Learning Craves Less Human, More AI”, in Analytics India Magazine

reinforcement learning
reinforcement learning#English

(machine learning) Initialism of reinforcement learning from AI feedback.


GFT

GFT (countable and uncountable, plural GFTs)

From Atari's official website and blog, coined in 2022.

A GFT is a surprise, limited edition, gift-wrapped NFTs designed to delight – on any occasion.

2022 January 27, “Atari is celebrating it’s 50th anniversary with giftable NFTs”, in New Musical Express

Purchasers can either keep their GFT for themselves, or alternatively, and as their title suggests, they can gift the suspense-filled digital asset to a friend.

2022 February 1, “Atari Combine NFTs with Loot Boxes in New ‘GFT’ Collection”, in NFT Plaza

(cryptocurrencies, technology, neologism) Initialism of gift-fungible token.


lazy girl job

Coined by author and social media influencer Gabrielle Judge in 2023.

coinage

[Gabrielle] Judge says a lazy girl job looks slightly different to everyone, because each worker has their own unique circumstances and needs.

2023 July 26, Bashirat Oladele, “How the 'lazy girl job' took over work TikTok”, in BBC News

There’s nothing lazy about expecting a job that pays you well, gives you good work-life balance and doesn’t overwork you. And no one in a lazy girl job is actually lazy

2023 August 1, Angela Yang, quoting Gabrielle Judge, “‘Lazy girl jobs’ are trending in rally against burnout culture”, in NBC News

Working a "lazy girl" job doesn't mean Gen Z workers are slacking off. Rather, they're rejecting hustle culture for well-paying, flexible jobs that end right at 5 p.m.

2023 October 18, Paola Peralta, “What the 'lazy girl job' trend says about Gen Z's mental health”, in Employee Benefit News

If the post-pandemic decline in the appeal of “hustle culture” and “leaning in” laid bare structures of worker exploitation, the rise of trends such as “bare minimum Mondays”, “lazy girl jobs” and “act your wage” are manifestations of a resentment in search of articulation.

2024 May 18, “Loud quitting: Catharsis, breakdown”, in Indian Express, Mumbai

(social media, business, technology, neologism) A job that is well paid, does not demand long hours or too much effort, and can often be done remotely.


unexpected red theory

First gained popularity on the social media platform TikTok in January 2024. Coined by Taylor Migliazzo Simon in early 2024.

Of course, the other essential part of the “unexpected red theory” is the unexpected — the element of surprise.

2024 February 24, Ingrid Fetell Lee, “The science behind the “unexpected red theory””, in The Aesthetics of Joy

(social media, design, fashion, neologism) A trend in interior design based on the idea that any room will appear more attractive if one adds a red item or feature to it, especially if the red item appears unusual or mismatches the other colors in the room.


time-tracking software

(computing, software, business, human resources) A program or application allowing a user to record the amount of time spent on tasks or projects.


lucky girl syndrome

Attested from the 2020s, popularized by TikTok influencers.

The latest trend to sweep through the social media world is known as “Lucky Girl Syndrome”, or LGS.[…] LGS is a combination of manifesting and the law of attraction; it involves repeating mantras such as “Great things are always happening to me unexpectedly” in order to attract positive outcomes into one’s life.

2021 October 6, Audrey Sawyer, “The Pros and Cons of Lucky Girl Syndrome”, in Thriving Guide, archived from the original on 2024-05-20

The trend surged around New Year, and since then the main #Luckygirlsyndrome hashtag has had more than 80 million views. It's a spin on manifestation, the belief that positive thinking will help you to achieve your goals.

2023 January 14, Riyah Collins, “Lucky Girl Syndrome: Smug TikTok trend or life-changing positivity?”, in BBC

So if you want to reap the benefits of Lucky Girl Syndrome, by all means, reframe the way you view yourself and your goals, just don't act like reality can be rigged by day dreaming.

2023 February 14, Flora Gill, “The dangers of ‘Lucky Girl Syndrome’”, in Evening Standard, page 19

In general, Lucky Girl Syndrome is a long-standing idea with a trendier, rebranded name.]

[2023 March 16, Dr. Albers, “‘Lucky Girl Syndrome’ Isn’t the Antidote To Bad Luck, but It Can Help Challenge Negative Thinking”, in Cleveland Clinic Health Essentials

(social media, neologism) The idea that one can make good things happen simply by imagining them happening and believing one is lucky.


Network Time Protocol

(networking) A networking protocol for clock synchronization between computer systems over packet-switched, variable-latency data networks.


connect time

en-noun

connect time (countable and uncountable, plural connect times)

(computing, networking) The total amount of time spent by a user of a computer connected to a network.

(computing, networking) The amount of time during which a user of a remote terminal is connected with a time-sharing system.


canary release

canary release (countable and uncountable, plural canary releases)

(computing, software) A deployment strategy performed in order to reduce the risk of introducing a new software version in production by slowly rolling out the change to a small subset of users.


queap

Devised by John Iacono and Stefan Langerman.

(computer science) a priority queue data structure


amortized constant time

Coordinate term: constant time

(computer science) A class of algorithms in which the amortized time (the time per operation averaged over many operations) is constant, although for some operations the time may be dependent on the size of the input.


constant time

constant time (countable and uncountable, plural constant times)

Coordinate term: amortized constant time

(computer science) An algorithm, also written as O(1) time) where the value of T(n) (the complexity of the algorithm) is bounded by a value that does not depend on the size of the input.


time-loop logic

Novikov self-consistency principle
Novikov self-consistency principle

(computer science) A hypothetical system of computation that exploits the Novikov self-consistency principle to compute answers much faster than possible with the standard model of computational complexity using Turing machines.


conversational commerce

natural language processing
natural language processing

artificial intelligence
artificial intelligence

(Internet, business) E-commerce done via various means of conversation (live support on e-commerce web sites, online chat using messaging apps, chatbots on messaging apps or websites, voice assistants) and using technology such as: speech recognition, speaker recognition, natural language processing and artificial intelligence.


time of origin

time of origin (countable and uncountable, plural times of origin)

(telecommunications, networking) The point in time in which a message is released for transmission.


space-time trade-off

space-time trade-off (plural space-time trade-offs)

(computer science) A case where an algorithm or program trades increased space usage with decreased time, in which space refers to the data storage consumed in performing a given task and time refers to the time consumed in performing a given task.


quantum bogosort

Implementing quantum bogosort increased my script's performance by 50%, but I still feel a little bit guilty about my computer killing quadrillions of sentient beings a second.

And from that we can conclude that in some parallel worlds, a machine to implement the Quantum Bogosort (theoretically the fastest possible sorting algorithm) has been invented.

2007 January 22, Logan Kearsley, “How the mind plays tricks.”, in rec.arts.sf.composition (Usenet)

Even quantum-bogosort can't keep up with Intelligent Design Sort. ¶ (IDS makes no changes to its input, on the theory that "they are already sorted according to a higher purpose.")

2009 October 2, Tim Rentsch, “Selection-Sort in C”, in comp.lang.c (Usenet)

ECMA 5 lacks support for the speedy Quantum Bogosort.

2011 November 4, Dr J R Stockton, “sorting columns”, in comp.lang.javascript (Usenet)

many-worlds interpretation
many-worlds interpretation#Noun

quantum mechanics
quantum mechanics#Noun

(computing, humorous) A hypothetical sorting algorithm which generates a random permutation of its input (like in bogosort) using a quantum source of entropy, checks if the list is sorted, and, if it is not, destroys the universe. Assuming that the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics is true, this algorithm will result in at least one surviving universe where the input was successfully sorted in O(n) time (thus making it faster than quicksort).


kittenfishing

Blend of kitten + catfishing. The word kitten is used because it is regarded as a less severe form of catfishing. Coined in an article by dating app Hinge published on June 21, 2017.

To be fair, I catfished using my own non-pregnant photos so perhaps kittenfishing would be more apt. MTV, feel free to call me to discuss the concept further.

2018, Amy Nickell, Confessions of a Single Mum: What It's Like When You're Expecting The Unexpected, Headline Publishing Group, page 53

Unfortunately, while kittenfishing is generally considered less ‘serious’ a dating app offence as catfishing (where you pretend to be an entirely different person completely), it can still be damaging, and pretty manipulative; indeed, you will feel duped and deceived when going on a date with somebody who has been telling little white lies from the beginning.

2021 December 20, Rebecca Fearn, “Kittenfishing is the new dating trend doing the rounds, but what exactly is it? And are we guilty of doing it ourselves?”, in Glamour, archived from the original on 2024-04-30

Its strange how ghosting, kittenfishing or orbiting in today’s times is so common personally, I also dislike all the modern things like cushioning, zombieing, and breadcrumbing. I believe modern dating terminology is perplexing and complicated.

2021, Jyoti Patel, The Awakening - Unheard. Undiscovered. Untold., Jyoti Patel, page 45

(Internet, social media) The practice of presenting oneself in a more favorable or exaggerated light on dating apps or social media.


cornplate

en-verb

cornplate (third-person singular simple present cornplates, present participle cornplating, simple past and past participle cornplated)

cornplates (present singular third-person)
cornplating (participle present)
cornplated (participle past)
cornplated (past)

Compound of corn + plate; coined by Twitter user teyaミ☆ (@camascamshafts) in October 2022 in reference to a tweet about a scene from the film Encanto in which the character Dolores Madrigal briefly holds a plate of corn.

Keep in mind that not every instance of digging deep into small details is cornplating: sometimes, there can be interesting things hidden in the background!

2023 July 21, Philipp Kachalin, “What Does 'Cornplate' Mean? The Slang Word About Obsessing Over Minuscule Details Explained”, in Know Your Meme, retrieved 2024-04-30

[T]he next time you find yourself captivated by the smallest details of a book, movie, or historical event, remember that cornplating is, in a a way, a testament to our passion and the depth of our curiosity.

2023, Daniela Bogoricin, LinkedIn, retrieved 2024-04-30

By the way, Will 100% recognized Brenner here. If y'all are going to cornplate Mike's microexpressions I need y’all to do the same here because it’s clear as day!

2024 April 29, danceonth3moon, Twitter, retrieved 2024-04-30

(fandom slang, humorous) To discuss or scrutinize insignificant or inconsequential details in media.


hard real-time

(computing) Being or relating to a system in which no latency is tolerated, one that has absolute deadlines, and if those allotted time spans are missed, a system failure will occur.


Time Complex Simulator

(computing, programming) A complex and arithmetic version of the Time Simulator language.


time factor

(computer science) Synonym of time scale


Time Simulator

(computing, programming) A stack-based simulation language.


Googley

en-adj

Googley (comparative more Googley, superlative most Googley)

more Googley (comparative)
most Googley (superlative)

[…] emerging as a leader to whom others look for advice on what is “Googley.”

2015, Laszlo Bock, Work Rules!, Twelve, page 53

Even as an intern, I was allowed to treat two guests a month to the free food and facilities. No one really cared if you went over; it was an honour system in which everyone was expected to be appropriately Googley.

In a book on management, Laszlo Bock, Google's longtime HR boss, wrote that the company hired for “Googley” traits: humility, conscientiousness, and “comfort with ambiguity.” Being willing to plunge down a slide at work without shame—that's Googley. Being Googley had a motto: “Don't politick. Use data.”

2022, Mark Bergen, Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube’s Chaotic Rise to World Domination, Penguin

(business slang) Characteristic of Google, especially in reference to its company culture.


stack-based

(computing, programming) Of data, utilizing one piece of data from atop the stack, and returning data back atop the stack.


time elapsed counter

en-noun

time elapsed counter (countable and uncountable, plural time elapsed counters)

(computing, software) A type of stopwatch or timer in a computer system that tracks the passage of time of a compiling, download, or other task.


aspectualize

en-verb

aspectualize (third-person singular simple present aspectualizes, present participle aspectualizing, simple past and past participle aspectualized)

aspectualizes (present singular third-person)
aspectualizing (participle present)
aspectualized (participle past)
aspectualized (past)

The mixin and aspect code generators in JULIA provide a lightweight, flexible yet efficient means to aspectualize components.

2004, Eric Bruneton, Thierry Coupaye, Matthieu Leclercq, Vivien Quema, Jean-Bernard Stefani, Ivica Crnkovic, “An Open Component Model and Its Support in Java”, in Component-Based Software Engineering

Many works are dedicated to aspectualize component models.

2010, Abdelhakim Hannousse, Gilles Ardourel, Re/mi Douence, “Views for Aspectualizing Component Models”, in Bram Adams, Michael Haupt, Daniel Lohmann, editor, Proceedings of the 9th Workshop on Aspects, Components, and Patterns for Infrastructure Software, page 25

(programming) To use as an implementation for aspects.


time-space complexity

en-noun

time-space complexity (usually uncountable, plural time-space complexities)

(computer science) The combination of the measure of the amount of time and space in which an algorithm requires to run or solve a given decision problem.


HNSW

w:Hierarchical Navigable Small World graphs

(computer science) Initialism of Hierarchical Navigable Small Worlds.


time parameter

(computing, software) A function used to specify the maximum CPU utilization time permitted for the job to execute.

(programming) A parameter that represents time.


damage over time

damage over time (countable and uncountable, plural damages over time)

(video games, roleplaying games) The amount of damage sustained by a person or a computer player character, distributed over a time period.


system time

system time (countable and uncountable, plural system times)

(computing, programming) The passage of time of a computer system, including the passing of days on the calendar.


after image journal

after image journal (plural after image journals)

Coordinate term: before image journal

The -RESTORE attribute can only be set if the system's after image journal is open.

1990, Operator's Manual Automated Data Processing System AN/MYQ-4A, (NSN 7010-01-158-5397), page 117

There may be one or multiple AIJ files, but whichever method is used there will only be one after-image journal file open at any time for an individual database.

1999, Lilian Hobbs, Ian Smith, Ken England, Rdb, A Comprehensive Guide, page 260

'After' image journaling - taking an image (copy) of the record after a transaction and storing in 'after image' journal table.

2005, Nicholas Sherwood, Enterprise Security Architecture, A Business-Driven Approach, page 335

This capability is based on a transaction log used with a before-image journal and after-image journal.

2006, David L. Cannon, Timothy S. Bergmann, Brady Pamplin, CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor Study Guide, page 236

(computing, databases) A transaction log acting as a version of a database entry after an update is recorded.


before image journal

before image journal (plural before image journals)

Coordinate term: after image journal

The before image journal is used for undoing the effects of aborted transactions, and for recovery from system crashes.

1990, Sayyed M. Deen (editor), Practical Database Techniques, page 58

The location of the before image journal. An AI journal records changes to a file so that the journal can be used to roll a backup copy of the file forward.

1990, Kirby McCoy, VMS file system internals, page 49

The process of recording all operations applied to a database. The type of information recorded depends on whether an after-image or a before-image journal file is created.

1991, Lilian Hobbs, Ken England, Comprehensive Guide to RDB-VMS, page 334

(computing, databases) A transaction log acting as a version of a database entry before an update is recorded.


turnaround time

turnaround time (countable and uncountable, plural turnaround times)

(business, marketing, computing, software) The amount of time required to complete a process or fulfill a request.


exit time

exit time (countable and uncountable, plural exit times)

(computing, software) The point in time in which a process completes its execution and exits from the system.


Hollerith machine

Hollerith machine (plural Hollerith machines)

Named after American inventor Herman Hollerith (1860–1929).

named-after

(computing, historical) A kind of tabulating machine using punch cards.


time algorithm

(computer science) An algorithm which specifies the amount of time required to solve a problem as a function of its input size.


facepile

graphical user interface
graphical user interface

(graphical user interface, Internet) A stack of images (photographs, initials, etc.) each representing a person.


Porn 2.0

From porn (“pornography”) + 2.0 (“a second major version of something”), by analogy with Web 2.0 (“the second generation of the World Wide Web, especially the movement away from static webpages to dynamic and shareable content, social networking, and online collaboration”).

compound

(Internet, slang) The generation of pornographic websites on the Internet hosting user-generated (amateur) content, in contrast to the Web 1.0 generation of largely static webpages and ostensibly professional pornography.


execution time

en-noun

execution time (countable and uncountable, plural execution times)

(computing, software) The amount of time required for a program or task to complete a single instruction on a computer system.


instruction time

instruction time (countable and uncountable, plural instruction times)

(computing, software) The total amount of time required for an instruction to be fetched from memory and stored in the instruction register.


Porn 3.0

From porn (“pornography”) + 3.0 (“a third major version of something”), one above Porn 2.0 (“the generation of pornographic websites on the Internet hosting user-generated (amateur) content”); coined by analogy with Web 3.0 (“the predicted third generation of the World Wide Web”).

compound

Porn 3.0? Sounds simple enough […] might the next branch in this sultry business evolution come from small companies funded by other porn enthusiasts? If so, what will it look like? Will it take the form of highly advanced sensory technology, surround sound audio or greater use of face-to-face video technology (though the latter possibility is not exactly state of the art)?

2012 August 13, Karsten Strauss, “Crowdfunding Porno-style”, in Forbes

This Kickstarter for porn allows users to "find, support and create" projects for "fetish communities" and, therefore, sexual minorities. What some already refer as "Crowdsexing" or "Porn 3.0" might be the next level for post-pornography.

2013 October 7, Matthieu Foucher, Gizem Ezgi Akdag, “Porn 3.0”, in Masters of Media, University of Amsterdam

Porn 2.0 was all about user-participation, ease of access and an endless stream of content. These days we're too used to that; we need something more. Enter Porn 3.0. Now, you're no longer watching porn, you're in the porn. This is the metaverse. It's hard for me to write anything here that'll stand the test of time.

2024, Fiona Vera-Gray, “Future”, in Women On Porn: One Hundred Stories. One Vital Conversation, Penguin Random House, page 1 (of chapter)

(Internet, slang, rare) The hypothetical third generation of pornographic websites on the World Wide Web, often predicted to incorporate artificial intelligence, virtual reality, the metaverse and other physically immersive future technologies.


Pornhub

From porn (“pornography”) + hub (“a central facility providing a range of related services”), so-called because the website hosts pornographic videos; but Pornhub was originally part of a parent company called Interhub upon its foundation, from which it thus possibly receives its name. Coined by founder Matt Keezer in May 2007.

Sites like Pornhub, YouPorn and RedTube attract more users than TMZ and the Huffington Post. The porn sites are even bigger than Pirate Bay, the top portal for illegal downloads of movies, TV shows and music.

2009 August 10, Ben Fritz, “Tough times in the porn biz”, in Los Angeles Times, page B3

Only 1 in 24,000 PornHub searches by men are explicitly for preteens; that may have something to do with the fact that PornHub, for obvious reasons, bans all forms of child pornography and possessing it is illegal.

2017, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, Everybody Lies: What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 121

Recommender systems now rank, sort, filter, and suggest information to users, based on a range of data including user behavior and preferences. Pornhub has a "Recommended For You" section on their homepage as well as their "Recommended Categories" and "Recommended Porn Stars," where they direct users to particular videos, categories, and performers.

2024, Chibundo Egwuatu, Zahra Stardust, Mireille Miller-Young, Daisy Ducati, “Curating Desire: The White Supremacist Grammar of Tagging on Pornhub”, in Amir Baradaran, Denton Callander, Panteá Farvid, Thomas A. Vance, editor, Sexual Racism and Social Justice: Reckoning with White Supremacy and Desire, Oxford University Press, page 284

(Internet, trademark) A pornographic video-sharing website.


APTIME

alternating Turing machine
alternating Turing machine

(computer science, computational complexity theory) The set of problems decidable by an alternating Turing machine in polynomial time.


XVideos

From X + videos, because the website hosts videos of pornographic content. X is probably a shortening of XXX (“designating extreme or hardcore pornography”); compare X-rated (“pornographic or indecent”) and the pornographic website xHamster. Coined in 2007 by Stephane Michael Pacaud.

Fans can also use free websites that allow users to upload and share content (e.g., PornHub, Xvideos, YouPorn, PornoTube). Porn consumers no longer need to set aside an evening to watch a rented or purchased movie; they don't need to schedule or plan their time with pornography.

2012, Natalie J. Purcell, Violence and the Pornographic Imaginary, Routledge, page 109

In the UK, 22 out of the top 500 most visited websites are porn sites. To put this in context, nearly 47 of the top 500 sites are different countries' Google homepages. Now consider that the most popular porn sites, LiveJasmin and XVideos, had more traffic than 36 of them, including Google Canada, Mexico, Australia and Germany.

2016, Philip Zimbardo, Nikita D. Coulombe, Man Disconnected: How the Digital Age is Changing Young Men Forever, Rider Books, page 105

A clip, along with her full name, ended up on XVideos, the world’s most-visited pornography site. Google searches helped direct people to this illegal footage of child sexual abuse.

2021 April 16, Nicholas Kristof, “Opinion: Why Do We Let Corporations Profit From Rape Videos?”, in The New York Times

(Internet, trademark) A pornographic video-sharing website, among the most visited in the world.


transaction time

en-noun

transaction time (countable and uncountable, plural transaction times)

(computing, databases) The time during which a fact stored in the database, represented by all the information in a row, is considered to be true and in effect.


transmission time

transmission time (countable and uncountable, plural transmission times)

(networking, telecommunications) The amount of time from the beginning until the end of a message transmission.


EXPTIME

deterministic Turing machine
deterministic Turing machine

(computer science, computational complexity theory) The set of all decision problems that are solvable by a deterministic Turing machine in exponential time.


alternating Turing machine

alternating Turing machine (countable and uncountable, plural alternating Turing machines)

computational complexity theory
computational complexity theory

nondeterministic Turing machine
nondeterministic Turing machine

(computer science, computational complexity theory) A nondeterministic Turing machine containing a rule for accepting computations that generalizes the rules used in the definition of the complexity classes NP and co-NP.


valid time

valid time (countable and uncountable, plural valid times)

(computing, databases) The time period during which a database fact is valid in the modeled reality.


command processing overhead time

command processing overhead time (countable and uncountable, plural command processing overhead times)

command processing overhead times (plural)

(computing, software) The amount of processing time which a device requires, prior to the execution of a command.


coding time

coding time (countable and uncountable, plural coding times)

(programming) The amount of time required from the first commit, to a branch, eventually the submission of a pull request.


think time

think time (countable and uncountable, plural think times)

(computing, software) The amount of time for which a script pauses during test execution to simulate a real-world delay.


zombieing

(neologism, Internet, social media) The act or practice of ghosting someone and later returning unexpectedly without explanation or apology.


exponential time

exponential time (countable and uncountable, plural exponential times)

exponential function
exponential function

(computer science) An algorithm whose running time increases as an exponential function of the size of its input.


cubic time

cubic time (countable and uncountable, plural cubic times)

(computer science, computational complexity theory) An algorithm whose running time consists of three loops proportional to the cube of n.


waiting time

waiting time (countable and uncountable, plural waiting times)

(computing, computer hardware) The total amount of time in which a process spends in a ready queue before it reaches the CPU.


computation time

computation time (countable and uncountable, plural computation times)

(computing, software) The total amount of time required by a computer to perform a computational process.


lag time

lag time (countable and uncountable, plural lag times)

(computing, networking, video games) The time delay (latency) between the action of the user and the reaction of the server supporting the task, which requires resending to the client.


latency time

latency time (countable and uncountable, plural latency times)

(networking) The amount of time required for data to pass from one point on a network to another.


ready queue

(computing, computer hardware) A data structure that holds a process that is ready to run, but is unable to do so because the CPU is already occupied.


lookahead time

lookahead time (countable and uncountable, plural lookahead times)

The risk of preemption can be varied by changing the lookahead time when making immediate admission control.

2013, Olov Schelén, Stephen Pink, “Sharing Resources through Advance Reservation Agents”, in Andrew T. Campbell, Klara Nahrstedt, editor, Building QoS into Distributed Systems, page 265

If the lookahead time is too short, then delays to the scheduling code could mean that the scheduled time is already in the past by the time the library is ready to schedule the notes .

2024, Nick Morgan, JavaScript Crash Course, page 221

(computing, software) The amount of time from the point when an upcoming process is scheduled and resources are allocated for it, to the moment when it executes.


pseudo-polynomial time

pseudo-polynomial time (countable and uncountable, plural pseudo-polynomial times)

(computer science, computational complexity theory) A time algorithm whose running time is a polynomial in the numeric value of the input, but not necessarily in the length of the input.


quadratic time

quadratic time (countable and uncountable, plural quadratic times)

(computer science) A time algorithm in which given an input of size n, the number of steps required to complete a task is the square of n.


anti-haul

Most anti-haul videos are somewhere between 12 to 20 minutes long, and typically focus on beauty products. The host details a list of things they don't plan to buy and the reasons why not while detailing the often exorbitant prices. There are anti-hauls about Kylie Cosmetics, Sephora, Colourpop, Maybelline, and other brands.

2017 May 1, Mehreen Kasana, “Makeup vloggers are protesting capitalism”, in The Outline, archived from the original on 2024-05-07

The anti-haul offers a simple premise: You don’t need that brushed metal sink rack or white Scrub Daddy for your kitchen, because you don’t have the same kitchen, house, or budget as the monied influencer who’s promoting them.

2024 January 18, Angella d'Avignon, “Deinfluencing, “Anti-Hauls,” and the Dupe Decor Conundrum”, in Dwell, archived from the original on 2024-05-07

(Internet) A video posted on the Internet consisting of someone showing and talking about products or items they have chosen not to purchase.


reference time

reference time (countable and uncountable, plural reference times)

(computing, software) The moment in time near the beginning of switching that is chosen as a reference for the measurement of time in a digital computer.


map game

(informal, video games) A grand strategy game.


AIgiarism

AIgiarism (usually uncountable, plural AIgiarisms)

Blend of AI + plagiarism. Likely coined by user @CoinWaters in a tweet posted on October 26, 2022 (see quotation below).

Ha. Aigiarism!

2022 October 26, @CoinWaters, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-07-22

“I think the rules against AIgiarism should be roughly similar to those against plagiarism,” Graham said in December. “The problem with plagiarism is not just that you’re taking credit away from someone else but that you’re falsely claiming it for yourself. The latter is still true in AIgiarism. And in fact, the former is also somewhat true with current AI technology.”

2022 December 31, Alex Hern, “AI-assisted plagiarism? ChatGPT bot says it has an answer for that”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 2023-02-08

However, AIgiarism is a form of bypass plagiarism. The wrong of AIgiarism is not so much of inappropriate credit allocation, but the potential propagation of factual and interpretive errors as well as biases, which undermines knowledge acquisition and understanding.

2023 August 26, Bor Luen Tang, “The underappreciated wrong of AIgiarism - bypass plagiarism that risks propagation of erroneous and bias content”, in EXCLI Journal, volume 22, →DOI, pages 907–910

One concern deems text generated by such tools to be plagiarism. Some academics have posited that Al-generated text used by students is plagiarism, or Al-assisted plagiarism or aigiarism[…]

2023 December, Sarah Elaine Eaton, editor, Handbook of Academic Integrity, Springer International Publishing, page 163

The main problem with aigiarism-detectors (and often AI in general) is poor context-awareness. As AI absorbs text from research papers, blogs, and other online sources, software like ZeroGPT may classify much of this material as “Al-generated” soon after a text reaches the internet and is indexed somewhere.

2024 January, Robert Ciesla, The Book of Chatbots: From ELIZA to ChatGPT, Springer Nature Switzerland, page 143

Frequencies and percentages showed that 27% and 57% of students had positive attitudes towards plagiarism and aigiarism, respectively. No significant gender differences in aigiarism were detected. Attitudes towards aigiarism did not differ according to academic major (human-scientific) or lower and higher GPA.

2024 February 5, Mustafa Ali Khalaf, “Does attitude towards plagiarism predict aigiarism using ChatGPT?”, in AI and Ethics, →DOI

(artificial intelligence, informal, uncommon) Plagiarism committed by means of AI; AI-assisted plagiarism.


nondeterministic polynomial time
nondeterministic polynomial time

(computer science) The set, or property, of a problem with a yes/no answer in which the complementary yes/no problem calls for nondeterministic polynomial time.


push time

push time (countable and uncountable, plural push times)

(networking, telecommunications) The time when a remote server sends an unsolicited update.


logject

(computing, software, technology) An object with embedded software capable of monitoring and recording, in some manner, its own activity and operation.


bin store

A brick and mortar store selling only returned merchandise from e-commerce.


algorethics

(artificial intelligence) The study of the ethical implications of computer systems, artificial intelligence, etc.


anituber

Eight of the world's most popular anitubers (anime youtubers) took their drama off the page and screen and to the chessboard in the first-ever Tournament Arc. The event was won by Gigguk.

2020 August 11, Sam Copeland, “Protaganist Vanquishes Villain In Tournament Arc”, in Chess.com, archived from the original on 2024-05-08

Having spent the past 9 years of my life being a quote-unquote “Anituber” (anime YouTuber) and the past two decades of my life watching every anime under the sun, Crunchyroll approached me to ask for my personal top 30 anime recommendations, alongside my fellow anituber friends Connor “CDawgVA” Colquhoun and Garnt “Gigguk” Maneetapho.

2021 December 8, “RECS: The Anime Man's Top 30 Anime (You Probably Haven't Seen)”, in Crunchyroll, archived from the original on 2024-05-08

After another AniTuber, Totally Not Mark, recently faced off in a battle with Toei Animation over his own videos and managed to win after a major public outcry of support, it looks like a new legal strategy may even allow Toei to challenge his videos once more.

2022 February 3, Borealis Capps, “Anime YouTubers Face New Copyright Crisis - Fans Call For Geoblocking For All”, in Game Rant, archived from the original on 2022-02-06

While there are lots of great old anime, it seems that one anituber isn’t a big fan of them. Recently, an anituber came under fire after saying in a new video that he never recommends watching 70s anime.

2022 November 17, Nicolo Manaloto, “Anituber Under Fire After ‘Never Recommend Watching 70s Anime’ Remark”, in Epicstream, archived from the original on 2024-05-08

YouTube has become one of the centers for fan critics to share their evaluations of anime works. AniTubers are YouTube creators who emerged to focus on anime, anime-related works, and review anime films and series.

2023 October, Kaz Hayashi, William H. U. Anderson, editors, Anime, Philosophy and Religion, Vernon Art and Science, page 51

(Internet) A YouTube videoblogger who reviews or discusses anime.


Boolean circuit

Boolean circuit (plural Boolean circuits)

(computer science, computational complexity theory) A directed acyclic graph whose internal nodes are Boolean functions.


nonuniform polynomial time

nonuniform polynomial time (countable and uncountable, plural nonuniform polynomial times)

(computer science, computational complexity theory) The class of decision problems solvable by a family of polynomial-sized Boolean circuits.


wikitime

(computing, Internet, time) A time standard or timestamp used in Wikipedia and its affiliates, set to Greenwich Mean Time, and encoded as 24-hour time-day-month-year.


Hypertext Transfer Protocol

(Internet, networking) An application layer protocol in the Internet protocol suite model for distributed, collaborative, and hypermedia information systems.


Google effect

The tendency to forget information that can be found readily online by using Internet search engines.


subquadratic time

subquadratic time (plural subquadratic times)

(computer science) A time algorithm that runs in greater than linear, but less than quadratic time.


dark post

“The only way an ad isn’t a ‘dark post’ is if you’re promoting an organic News Feed post,” says Gary Coby, former director of advertising at the Republican National Committee, who worked on the Trump campaign. “It’s impossible to properly use the Facebook platform, to test or buy at scale, with just organic posts.”

2017 September 20, Michael Zumstein, “The Real Trouble With Trump's 'Dark Post' Facebook Ads”, in Wired, archived from the original on 2024-05-10

(social media) A social media ad which doesn't appear on the poster's timeline.


inlinee

Coordinate term: inliner

(software compilation) A portion of code that is optimized by means of in-line expansion.


data feed

data feed (countable and uncountable, plural data feeds)

(computing, Internet) A mechanism for a user to receive updated data from data sources.


net.cop

Likely based on the way newsgroups's names are formed, especially those from the net.* hierarchy (e.g. net.games, net.general), the first Usenet hierarchy.

You're free to complain to the SA for brahms, but you should probably deal with the individual posting the offending material, instead of whining to the rest of the net about how YOU don't like x...@y.z.q because he uses dirty words. You're just what the world needs, another net.cop. Grow up, remember, we're all professionals here...

1986 November 23, Sea'n Byrne, “Abuses of the net”, in news.admin (Usenet)


net-cop

The net-cop has spoken. But how do you differenciate between politicking and merely informing people about the facts under discussion. It seems to me that if *YOU* consider it politicking then it must be.

1990 May 5, Frank Korzeniewski, “Questions and Answers comp.unix.sco”, in news.groups (Usenet)

Lastly and for what it's worth, I want to say to everybody out there, that I DONT WANT TO SEE RULES IMPOSED ON THIS NEWSGROUP. I'm not a net-cop. I only want to come up with guidelines on what is a proper post in this newsgroup. If we actually do come up with some guidelines/FAQ, I will post it periodically.

1996 December 24, Howard Knight, “Discussion of "FAQ For Posting on alt.food.coffee"”, in alt.food.coffee (Usenet)

People are posting about them because they have an interest in them and it is bad manners to become a self-appointed net-cop in an effort to control the flow of information in the newsgroups regardless of how strongly you feel about it.

1998 December 22, David A. Roth, “[rec.music.makers.trumpet] Trumpet - FAQ”, in rec.answers (Usenet)


net cop

usenet postings are in the public domain. i simply forwarded a posting to more public people. anyone writing something that will go in the public domain should be prepared to see his posting end up anywhere in that domain.
i sure don't consider myself a 'net cop'

1987 November 16, eric mading, “Eric M -- money where his mouth is ?”, in alt.flame (Usenet)

I would hate to be a sysop, joining to help people with technical problems so they can enjoy a game, and helping to host events, then to be put in the position of net cop. That would suck

1999 December 30, DOW_9er7Tango, “Sysop and the booting of people for language infractions.”, in microsoft.public.games.zone.fighterace (Usenet)

I didn't tell you what to say... only pointed out that as soon as you start playing net cop the conversation goes off the deep end. Act nice and you'll be treated that way. Make snide remarks and you get the same.

2004 December 26, Robert L. Bass, “Napco p3200 2 wire fire”, in alt.security.alarms (Usenet)


Sakartvelo

Borrowed from Georgian საქართველო (sakartvelo).

bor+

(rare, Internet) A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe. Official name: Georgia. Capital: Tbilisi.


date-time

(programming) Of or pertaining to the datetime variable or data type.


twitlist

Have you ever had people you DON'T want to hear from? MEP has a twitlist system. Mail on the twitlist will be discarded and you will be issued a mail messaged indicating the twit(s) tried, and the dear twits will be mailed a friendly message from you at no extra charge.

1986 November 25, John Antypas, “MEP Info”, in net.sources (Usenet)

A lot of the sexual or other harrassment I've seen happen is delivered by private e-mail. Is there any mail software out there that allows a killfile/twitlist for your private mailbox?

1993 September 22, Gargravarr, “Apple's Dream for the Future: Communications”, in comp.sys.amiga.advocacy (Usenet)

WHOOOHOO!! My first Twit!! Congrads, you made it onto my twitlist. I never thought I would EVER use it!

1995 November 9, George Weinstein, “"Gooks" In Olympics”, in rec.martial-arts (Usenet)

By the way, I nominate this nilwit for the a.a twitlist. That's the only thing he's earned in his life, besides a raw asshole from takin' it from his savior a few times too often.

1998 September 5, Sterling Crowe, “Stategies for dealing with Atheists”, in aus.religion.christian (Usenet)

I was thinking we could maintain a "twitlist" like alt.atheism. I didn't bring this up before because of the hostile nature of this group, everyone would eventually be twitlisted. The christian trolls would twitlist all the non-christians and then vice-versa. However, Jerkel certainly needs some recognition so we could try this...

1998 November 28, Timothy Meyers, “Twitlisting”, in alt.religion.christian-teen (Usenet)


Usenetdom

There IS a FAQ, one of the best in USENETdom, in the archives. We will try to post it on a regular basis. Please help in keeping it updated by suggesting books, items, products, etc.

1992 June 17, Nicolas Alejandro Arauz, “ADMIN: Isn't there a FAQ?”, in sci.virtual-worlds (Usenet)

In terms of USENETdom, I like the offseason better in any of the rec.sport.* groups ...

1993 April 21, Robert John Butera, “Seasons on r.s.bb.c”, in rec.sport.basketball.college (Usenet)

Hardly - I wasn't giving anybody credit. I just like seeing the old Meeks/Lor arguments. They have been one of the few constants in my 6 years of Usenetdom.

1996 July 16, Brian Saunders, “Ed Lor-yer...let's rock!”, in rec.sport.basketball.pro (Usenet)

They're a bunch of "Usenet Performance Artists" that somehow have gotten it in their heads that they'll be able to take over newsgroups. it's pretty much an impossible feat here due to alt5's unique nature in Usenetdom.

1999 April 23, Demi Monde, “Whaer is FAQ for alt5?”, in alt.alt.alt.alt.alt (Usenet)

LOL! I didn't even see his response, 'cause like I do all jerks in Usenetdom, I killfiled him.

2003 July 20, Carleen, “Is Kobe Bryant's wife white?”, in nyc.general (Usenet)

(uncommon) The world or sphere of Usenet.


atom feed

(Internet) A type of web feed that uses the Atom Syndication Format and the Atom Publishing Protocol.


Internet feed

(Internet) A stream of content appearing in blocks of similar appearance and through which a user can scroll.


Usenetism

I sense the birth of a new expression: "JJ"
As in "He's a real JJ!" for referring to people that clog up the net.
Or, "Don't be such a JJ!" I.e., a JJ is a net *sshole

1988 June 24, Robert DeBenedictis, “Yet Another USENETism”, in misc.misc (Usenet)

> >>What, precisely, is an "obAncientHardware"? Or an "ObPratchett" for that
> >>matter?
> >
> >It's a Usenetism, rather than a AFPism. In newsgroups where a
> >distinction between ``on-topic and ``off-topic exists and matters,
> >ObFoo precedes some on-topic material at the end of an off-topic post.

1997 August 5, Mary, “[I] Proof that girl geeks DO exist.”, in alt.fan.pratchett (Usenet)

>By the way, thanks and yes you did, and what is "p&e"???
Sorry... usenetism for "Posted and Emailed".

2004 July 6, John Vinson, “SW inventory”, in microsoft.public.access.gettingstarted (Usenet)

It's no more a feature of CF groups than AOL or newsfroup or DH or any of the other assorted Usenetisms that have emerged over the last two decades are specific to any other group.

2004 October 8, Jacqui, “Celebs public about bf'ing”, in misc.kids.breastfeeding (Usenet)

Pron is usenetism for porn. Maybe it was supposed to suggest people too excited to correct a metathesis.

2016 November 13, Siri Cruise, “Class S01E02 The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo”, in rec.arts.drwho (Usenet)

(uncommon, Internet) A term that is peculiar to Usenet.


Usenetese

Retreived from an ancient document, translated to usenetese:
>Don't get your hopes up. After scores of years there are no known holes
>in Kpelerian dynamics... it's always agreed with planetary observations.

1992 June 2, Wayne Throop, “Hypothesis: I am a Transducer (Formerly "Virtual Grounding")”, in comp.ai.philosophy (Usenet)

"Nazi" is usenetese for "Him who agrees not with my rantings".

1994 February 24, John William Chambless, “Douggie's irrelevant idiocies”, in alt.religion.kibology (Usenet)

So it may not be completely appropriate to try to apply the rules of other written English to Usenet communication. The best authority on what is or is not correct Usenetese grammar, in the absence of any scholarly study of it, would be a consensus of Usenetters.

1999 July 31, Matthew Skala, “Is it wrong for family to make me feel like I want to die?”, in alt.kids-talk (Usenet)

You wouldn't shout so in defending them if you believed that. Oh, but then, not having read the netiquette documents, you probably don't even know that all caps is Usenetese for shouting rudely, do you?

1999 November 23, Kent Paul Dolan, “2 year presidential term??”, in az.politics (Usenet)

Of those ISPs who carry the binaries groups, a lot of them have relatively short "expire" times [Usenetese for the amount of time a post will remain on a given news server] of 12 hours to 48 hours.

2002 May 25, Ogden Johnson III, “BBC Radio Version of the Foundation Trilogy”, in alt.books.isaac-asimov (Usenet)

(uncommon, Internet slang) The type of language used on Usenet.


p&e

According to your posted excerpts, Mayer does not blame Nazism on the Soviets or "Judeo-Bolsheviks." He does blame the mass murder of Jews on the Nazis' failing campaign against the Soviet Union -- and that assertion is the controversial part of his book, as far as I can tell from the review posted here. However, what you say he "proves abundantly" does not appear in the excerpt you posted. Could you provide a page cite to where he DOES prove that? (And can you explain how he proves it without any supporting source material?)
P&E

1994 November 10, The only Golux in the World, and not a mere Device, “Persecution of the SS”, in alt.revisionism (Usenet)

Let us know if it works. I'm not aware of anyone actually doing it. A pic would be nice too. (but don't post it in the group)
p&e <- means posted and emailed

1998 August 28, Rick Sammartino, “Hiya Everybody!”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon (Usenet)

[p&e]
BTW, posting and emailing is a habit I brought to AQ from another group, and is not considered necessary here.

2003 September 8, David C Kifer, “Killing for the Greater Good (was: Re: some favourite quotes)”, in alt.quotations (Usenet)

p&e
Barb, I've already typed a reminder so you don't have to which I'll post on Sunday. It's in my "Send Later" file which pops up automatically to remind me.:)

2004 December 10, Archer, “Barb”, in alt.med.fibromyalgia (Usenet)

(obsolete) Initialism of posted and emailed.


Usenetverse

[…] For it has been brought to our attention that the sorcerer Misc the Amoral has used his powers to corrupt the mind of the champion who defends the split. And once again, Misc the Amoral attempts to gain another foothold in the Usenetverse.

1992 May 12, “Loe & Karmak”, in alt.pub.dragons-inn (Usenet)

And the universes danced on in their infinite dance, but two of them, the UseNetVerse and the RanmaVerse got a little bit intimate in one of the slower dances and decided to find a spare bed somewhere.

1996 September 4, Steven Scougall, “[grit][fanfic] Steve's Story”, in rec.arts.anime.creative (Usenet)

In a parallel Usenetverse, Paulius Stepanas (winner of some other sort of RELEVANCY AWARD) posted a different but equally worthy review in aus.tv, as part of a thread entitled "X-Files - I laughed":

1998 May 25, Kenneth Alexander Finlayson, “X-REPORT: Just read it II”, in aus.tv.x-files (Usenet)

> Why did you post this to the whole damn usenetverse?

1998 July 9, David Martin, “Ray Heizer is "Made" ...Again”, in alt.current-events.clinton.whitewater (Usenet)

Whatever in the usenetverse would make you suspect a thing like that?

2002 January 9, Clarice, “so you're a hag right?”, in alt.fan.jackie-tokeman (Usenet)

Maybe you've hit on the reason that we get so much SF-bordering-on-F with all sorts of pantheons and nobody minds much, but let a story even hint at a universe wherein Christianity is true, and alarm bells go off all over the Usenetverse.

2010 June 8, Dorothy J Heydt, “Creationism in Science Fiction”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet)

(uncommon, Internet, often humorous) The world or sphere of users of Usenet.


Usenetiquette

Don't think that it would be possible simply to shout CServe users down for improper Usenetiquette as per Portal with perjoratives like, "...when you figure out REAL networks...," because CompuServe comprises more subscribers than Usenet does, and they'd shout back - louder and in greater numbers.

1989 February 12, Karl Kleinpaste, “Procedure for rec.humor.funny debate”, in news.admin (Usenet)

By the power of Usenetiquette, the thread has degenerated into a spelling flame and is hereby dead. Have a good day.

1995 July 7, Brent Burton, “Child Cyclist gets killed....”, in rec.bicycles.soc (Usenet)

On the other hand, most of the "infractions" which people complain about are nothing to do with the lo cal practices of AFU, and everything to do with standard Usenetiquette, which is even less secret, as it is posted frequently in the newsgroups which Usenet newbies ought to read.

1999 November 19, Mike Holmans, “"Kevin" as a given name”, in alt.folklore.urban (Usenet)

Not at all. I am courteous and simply am pointing out that what is typed is not necessarily what was meant. I don't see how wanting people to post in a clear manner violates Usenetiquette. I do now agree, though, that such things can take a thread off topic.

2004 November 4, Richard Bonner, “Re: Educational Levels (Was: "Re: I know...wrong group...i thought it was HFX.FORSALE")”, in hfx.general (Usenet)

Don't stop there. What major discussion on what social transition beyond Capitalism ? No, I am not going to watch the video. You could summarize it in a few words (which incidentally is part of Usenetiquette).

2020 September 25, Jos Boersema, “It is now obvious that US style hard-right capitalism sucks ... so what to do?”, in can.politics (Usenet)

(Internet) Netiquette appropiate to Usenet users.


A numeronym representation of canonicalization as c followed by 14 more letters, followed by n.

software engineering
software engineering

(software engineering) Abbreviation of canonicalization.


learn Chinese

en-verb

learn Chinese (third-person singular simple present learns Chinese, present participle learning Chinese, simple past and past participle learned Chinese or learnt Chinese)

learns Chinese (present singular third-person)
learning Chinese (participle present)
learned Chinese (participle past)
learned Chinese (past)
learnt Chinese (participle past)
learnt Chinese (past)

From the phrase "Get ready to learn Chinese, buddy," originating from an image macro falsely quoting NBA Commissioner Adam Silver in reference to controversy surrounding player Kyrie Irving, suggesting that Irving should be exiled to lower-tier Chinese league.

Our best starting line up against 18th in League 1, we either win 5-0 or every single one of those players need to start learning Chinese.

Absolute ass bowling. no swing at all, 115kph bouncers to short ball veterans. Always ruins the pp spell of Tushar. I expected so much from him, really disappointed. Better turn the things around or learn Chinese

“Every single hater who told me to learn Chinese, I’m glad because I’m going to Shanghai” Asuna shut the haters down 🔒

(sports, slang, derogatory) To quit or transfer from a major professional sports league, suggesting a player does not deserve their current place.


outtweet

outtweet (third-person singular simple present outtweets, present participle outtweeting, simple past and past participle outtweeted)

outtweets (present singular third-person)
outtweeting (participle present)
outtweeted (participle past)
outtweeted (past)

What followed was a sad attempt by Dunkin’ to “outtweet” the First Lady, which obviously failed.

2022 December 2, Katie McCall, “What You Can Learn from Wendy’s Social Media Strategy”, in Rival IQ

(transitive) To tweet more or better than.


Proteus effect

(psychology, video games, computing) A phenomenon in which the behavior of an individual, within virtual worlds, is changed by the characteristics of their avatar.


dataclass

object-oriented programming
object-oriented programming

(object-oriented programming, Python) A class designed for holding values rather than providing methods.

object-oriented programming; Python; object-oriented programming; Python


girlfran

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

(Internet, women's speech) Pronunciation spelling of girlfriend (“female friend”).


LRU

(computing) Initialism of least recently used.


patristocrat

Coordinate term: aristocrat

(cryptography) A cipher in which punctuation and word spacing are not retained.


undercomment

undercomment (third-person singular simple present undercomments, present participle undercommenting, simple past and past participle undercommented)

undercomments (present singular third-person)
undercommenting (participle present)
undercommented (participle past)
undercommented (past)

(transitive, programming) To annotate (code) with too few comments.


overcomment

overcomment (third-person singular simple present overcomments, present participle overcommenting, simple past and past participle overcommented)

overcomments (present singular third-person)
overcommenting (participle present)
overcommented (participle past)
overcommented (past)

(transitive, programming) To annotate (code) with too many comments.


orphan-crushing machine

en-noun

orphan-crushing machine (plural orphan-crushing machines)

From a Twitter post by @pookleblinky on September 25, 2020:
"Every heartwarming human interest story in america is like "he raised $20,000 to keep 200 orphans from being crushed in the orphan-crushing machine" and then never asks why an orphan-crushing machine exists or why you'd need to pay to prevent it from being used."

"we live in a society", said the orphan-crushing machine operator

2023 February 15, @lepetitereboot, Twitter

the orphan crushing machine isn’t the problem, it’s that people are using the orphan crushing machine wrong

BREAKING: orphan-crushing machine manufacturer states there is 'no sign' of orphan-crushing machines being used to crush orphans

(Internet slang) A notional machine representing a system or process that obviously facilitates suffering but is not acknowledged or examined, or for which no alternative is considered.


many such cases

From a Twitter post by Donald Trump (@realDonaldTrump) in 2014, popularized after his election as President of the United States:
Healthy young child goes to doctor, gets pumped with massive shot of many vaccines, doesn't feel good and changes - AUTISM. Many such cases!

(colloquial) Used to indicate that an occurence is unsurprising, or that something is or was evident.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see many, such, cases, indicating that there are many examples of something or that something is a common occurrence.


Usenetspeak

>(And "she/he/it" (or "s/he/it") is even worse... That one always comes out
>as "excrement" in Hillbillyspeak...)
And even UsenetSpeak.

1995 May 12, John Novak, “horn of valere -> ter'angreal?”, in rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan (Usenet)

Dave's apology IMHO was what make "Chuckletrousers" funny - before the apology, I just read over "Chuckletrousers" and went "Hm, Dave sure has picked up Usenetspeak in a hurry".

1996 October 27, Rose Marie Holt, “I met "The Dave"”, in alt.fan.dave_barry (Usenet)

Whine away in Usenetspeak, you anonymous elitist.

1999 December 18, Henry E. Kilpatrick Jr., “Russian Duma calls on Lewinski to stop bombings.”, in alt.politics.usa.republican (Usenet)

If yer think that's bad you should see some of the Usenetspeak that's used by allegedly trendy Herns on some groups. Prolly and Praps to name butt two. I use a prolly when it's brissing down - which can be quite painfull at my age!

2004 January 17, nemo, “Goon Shows on the Net”, in alt.fan.goons (Usenet)

(uncommon, Internet slang) The special slang used within the Usenet community.


dark social

From dark (“hidden, secret”) + social (“relating to social media or social networks”); compare Dark Web (“the portion of the Deep Web hosted on restricted networks”).
Coined 12 October 2012 by Alexis Madrigal of The Atlantic (see quotations), in reference to Internet traffic (clicks) from hyperlinks send via private messages that are thus invisible to most analytics programs.

compound

This means that this vast trove of social traffic is essentially invisible to most analytics programs. I call it DARK SOCIAL [author's capitalsation]. It shows up variously in programs as "direct" or "typed/bookmarked" traffic, which implies to many site owners that you actually have a bookmark or typed in www.theatlantic.com into your browser. But that's not actually what's happening a lot of the time. Most of the time, someone Gchatted someone a link, or it came in on a big email distribution list, or your dad sent it to you.]

[2012 October 12, Alexis C. Madrigal, “Dark Social: We Have the Whole History of the Web Wrong”, in The Atlantic

According to a RadiumOne study, almost 70% of all online referrals come from dark social globally. For the UK, this figure increases to 75%.

2016 February 16, Jack Simpson, “The rise of dark social: Everything you need to know”, in Econsultancy

This shift in consumer behaviour underlines how much marketing now comes through social media, and specifically dark social.

2019 March 25, John Glenday, quoting André van Loon, “63% of people prefer to share content on 'dark social' channels”, in The Drum

Dark social has a profound impact on social and digital marketing strategies. It evades the reach of standard tracking tools and obscures a significant portion of consumer behavior and interaction, leading to incomplete or skewed data on customer engagement, the effectiveness of marketing campaigns and even conversion paths.

2023 August 18, Rebecca Kowalewicz, “Understanding And Utilizing Dark Social In Marketing”, in Forbes

(Internet, marketing) Interactions via the World Wide Web that cannot be publicly viewed, tracked or logged, such as private messages, texts and e-mails.


power button

A button that switches an electrical device on or off.

(computing) A button that switches the computer on or off (or, on more recent models, often enables sleep mode).


superalgorithm

(programming) An algorithm made up of lesser algorithms (subalgorithms).


quote retweet

en-verb

quote retweet (third-person singular simple present quote retweets, present participle quote retweeting, simple past and past participle quote retweeted)

quote retweets (present singular third-person)
quote retweeting (participle present)
quote retweeted (participle past)
quote retweeted (past)


vararg

(programming) Any of the arguments to a variadic function.


serviceware

A component is simply a reusable software executable. Our serviceware clearly includes the software itself, but in addition has many nonfunctional attributes, such as a cost and payment, trust, brand allegiance, legal status and redress, and security.

2002, Marvin Zelkowitz, Advances in Computers, page 46

(computing, rare) Products and services taken collectively.


PAKE

password-authenticated key exchange
w:password-authenticated key agreement

(computer security) Acronym of password-authenticated key exchange.


tilemapped

(computer graphics) Employing, or arranged in, a tilemap.


tilemapping

(computer graphics) The use of a tilemap.


genuinfluencer

Blend of genuine + influencer. Planted by WGSN in January 2021 as a supposed trend of the upcoming year.

(neologism, marketing, social media) A postmaterial influencer.


neural processing unit

en-noun

neural processing unit (plural neural processing units)

In addition, the large weight size inevitably causes latency, power, and energy overhead when transferring the weight data between the storage/memory and the processing units, such as central processing units (CPUs), graphic processing units (GPUs), neural processing units (NPUs), or accelerators, which are not desirable for resource-constrained edge devices.

2023, Arslan Munir, Joonho Kong, Mahmood Azhar Qureshi, Accelerators for Convolutional Neural Networks, John Wiley & Sons, page 43

(computer hardware, machine learning) A specialized hardware circuit designed to accelerate machine learning applications.


CalVer

Coordinate term: SemVer

calendar versioning
calendar versioning#English

(software) Abbreviation of calendar versioning.


they hit the Pentagon

Originated from an exchange in a May 2020 OneyPlays let's play video about recording said video on a short notice: Lyle jokes that Chris shook him awake and Zach chimes in, shouting:
Lyle, Lyle turn on the TV they hit the Pentagon! They hit the fucking Pentagon, Lyle!
in reference to the September 11 attacks. Popularized widely by a viral image macro of a character from the 2022 animated film Turning Red, using the phrase "They hit the fucking Pentagon," in reference to discussion surrounding a viral remark that the film, set in 2002, did not mention the September 11 attacks.

(Internet slang, humorous) Used to indicate that an event or news of an event is cause for alarm.


plumbob

From plumb bob, due to the similar shape and appearance.

A diamond-shaped crystal, usually green-colored, that appears over the head of a Sim that the player is controlling.


S rank

Derived from Japanese shū (秀) + rank. S can be given as a letter grade for exceptional work in Japanese schools.

(video games) An exceptional rank given on objective, mission, or level in a game. Typically the highest achievable such rank.


Shart

From a contraction of Shadowheart, itself a compound of shadow + heart, likely chosen as a jocular homonym of shart (“wet fart”).

They [BG3's female companions] aren't particularly evil, if you sided with the Goblins you can clearly tell that Shart isn't even evil, just very pragmatic about your Tadpole problem.

I felt like Lae and Shart will have potential redemption arcs and will be trying for those.

This build works equally well whatever you do with Shart, but obviously the whole stalking gloom thing is a better thematic fit for a Shar loyalist.

(Baldur's Gate fandom slang, humorous or derogatory) The fictional character Shadowheart from the video game Baldur's Gate 3.

Baldur's Gate fandom slang; humorous or derogatory; Baldur's Gate fandom slang; humorous or derogatory


Shadowbae

Shadowbae has been my favourite from the beginning. She's always had a pretty decent fanbase.

2022 June 29, WhiteSilverDragoon, Reddit

I am in a relationship with Shadowbae but Karlach is the true best girl and Shadowbae and I both simp for her.

I have Tav (Warlock), Astarion as ranger/rogue, Shadowbae as my healer, and Karlach as my barbarian.

(Baldur's Gate fandom slang, endearing) The fictional character Shadowheart from the video game Baldur's Gate 3.


window up

en-verb

window up (third-person singular simple present windows up, present participle windowing up, simple past and past participle windowed up)

windows up (present singular third-person)
windowing up (participle present)
windowed up (participle past)
windowed up (past)

(transitive, intransitive, informal, computing) To create a window to access (a file, website, etc); to put (a file, website, etc.) in a window.


window down

window down (third-person singular simple present windows down, present participle windowing down, simple past and past participle windowed down)

windows down (present singular third-person)
windowing down (participle present)
windowed down (participle past)
windowed down (past)

(transitive, computing) To reduce in scope, resolution, capacity, bandwidth, etc. so as to enable or focus on a target.


gigaword

(computing) A unit of storage or capacity equal to 10⁹ (or 2³⁰) words


clean URL

(Internet, computing) A web address or URL intended to improve the usability and accessibility of a website, web application, or Web service by being immediately and intuitively meaningful to nonexpert users.


Astarionmance

As someone who's romancing both Astarion and Gale in simultaneous separate playthroughs, I am loving the difference so much: Galemance caters to my soft Harlequin Romance side while Astarionmance is so totally my Bodice-Ripper bag, baby!

2020 November 7, TheAbominableMomo, Reddit

i will wait patiently for bg3 console release and NOT watch any more Astarionmance videos

2023 August 16, TheFallowMyre (@DemiPixellated), Twitter

I just started a new Astarionmance as a reward for abstaining from him for a whole game 😅

2024 February 6, Becky (@Beckyhelene), Twitter

(Baldur's Gate fandom slang) The Astarion romance subplot in the video game Baldur's Gate 3.


Astarionmancer

As a professional Astarionmancer, you can get “Very High Approval” without the need to be evil.

I’m an Astarionmancer with a lot of thoughts and not enough creative outlets.

As a fellow Astarionmancer I don't mind a little peck before finishing his personal quest, but after that he should be more passionate.

(Baldur's Gate fandom slang) A player who romances Astarion during a playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3.


Galemance

As I am also pursuing a Galemance with my other MC, I look forward to your Gale portrait with great interest :3c

2020 November 6, TheAbominableMomo, Reddit

Put my Galemance run on hold because I want them to fix the bug that happened with patch 3 first.

2023 October 4, literallybyronic, Reddit

I'm doing my first Galemance run and I honestly melted when he started talking about his hundur sauce.

(Baldur's Gate fandom slang) The Gale romance subplot in the video game Baldur's Gate 3.


Galemancer

I know very well how hard it is, I'm a Galemancer since the beginning. I was surprised as well to see that he was so popular.

2021 January 28, disappearingcat, Reddit

I agreed with some and disagreed with others, so I'm putting it out there for my fellow Galemancers: what's Gale's [zodiac] sign?

2023 December 22, Theia-Euryphaessa, Reddit

As a Galemancer, I loved Tara and how they wrote her dynamic!

(Baldur's Gate fandom slang) A player who romances Gale during a playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3.


Fenrismance

I love the Fenrismance, but GOD some of the flirt options are awful and pull you right out of the actual conversation.

2019 January 20, SpaceQueenJupiter, Reddit

The Fenrismance is SO GOOD for just those reason.

I was halfway through Act 2 when I realised I'd sabotaged my own Fenrismance T.T

(Dragon Age fandom slang) The Fenris romance subplot in the video game Dragon Age II.


Andersmancer

Huh, I definitely didn't expect Cullen to be the most popular DAI romance among Andersmancers.

2017 September 6, presenceofwitch, Reddit

I'm a Andersmancer for life tbh but I get it, he's not for everyone

That said, I'm a fuck the Chantry Andersmancer, and my Hawke lives with him in an underground bunker now.

(Dragon Age fandom slang) A player who romances Anders during a playthrough of Dragon Age II.


Fenrismancer

I'm a chronic Fenrismancer (seriously I have a problem), but I just downloaded Mark of the Assassin and Legacy.

2015 January 26, [deleted user account], Reddit

Plus I'm a chronic Fenrismancer who favors mage and rogue playthroughs, so I usually want him along as my warrior anyway.

I was never a Fenrismancer but now I might romance him again properly on my next run.

(Dragon Age fandom slang) A player who romances Fenris during a playthrough of Dragon Age II.


Andersmance

I love the Andersmance and Isabelamance because both of them change the story in their own ways.

My Andersmance is a playthrough that has very dear meaning to me, but Anders throws off so many red flags, he might as well be a matador.

My Andersmance was taken at a more leisurely pace, so I really got into the depth and grief over his character and his romance.

(Dragon Age fandom slang) The Anders romance subplot in the video game Dragon Age II.


Cullenmancer

I'm a chronic Cullenmancer and I like romancing him with a Lavellan.

I'm much more of a Cullenmancer, myself, but I did the Solas romance and was very surprised.

No hate to Cullenmancers, maybe blondes just aren’t my type lol. I’m not an Alistair or Anders-mancer either.

(Dragon Age fandom slang) A player who romances Cullen Rutherford during a playthrough of Dragon Age: Inquisition.


Cullenmance

I purposely left Cullenmance for after my Solasmance because I need Cullen as my pick me up, but damn, this Solas thing is just sad.

The thing I like about the Cullenmance is that yeah, it's basically a fairy tale, but it's so obviously one that it makes it okay.

Do it. Do the Cullenmance. Love the Cullen. Marry the Cullen.

2018 December 31, emberwolfsasha, Reddit

(Dragon Age fandom slang) The Cullen romance subplot in the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition.


Solasmance

I keep putting off my Solasmance, because I have an aversion to heartbreak.

I just fired up my second Solasmance playthrough after I spent a month promising myself, "never again."

I also vastly prefer the Cullenmance to the Solasmance.

(Dragon Age fandom slang) The Solas romance subplot in the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition.


Solasmancer

I started a Solasmancer playthrough and it's going to kill me probably.

2015 September 18, vanisplusxzone, Reddit

There's a pretty good payoff in Trespasser for a Solasmancer. And by "pretty good" I mean "angst and bittersweet feels".

All we Solasmancers have is pain, forever and always LMAO

(Dragon Age fandom slang) A player who romances Solas during a playthrough of Dragon Age: Inquisition.


Bullmance

Also, Dorian has a lot more dialogue options than I am finding in the Bullmance so far.

And yeah, I think a Bullmance can actually be really healthy for certain Inquisitors!

Krem has a few specific comments if you're in a Bullmance that are really sweet.

(Dragon Age fandom slang) The Iron Bull romance subplot in the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition.


Dorianmancer

I'm full on Dorianmancer, but I like to think my Inquisitor gives Bull the suspicious stink eye when they're out adventuring.

As a hardcore Dorianmancer I have a ton, but I think this quote is basically him saying that he loves the Inquisitor for the first time.

Honestly, Dorian and Bull have better relationship than Dorian and Inky, even if Dorianmancers don’t want to admit it.

(Dragon Age fandom slang) A player who romances Dorian Pavus during a playthrough of Dragon Age: Inquisition.


Dorianmance

Dorianmance will be forever my fav in whole dragon age universe.

I always play as a female character so no Dorianmance for me.

It goes downhill in Trespassers tho, where Dorianmance was an afterthought compared to Adoribull.

(Dragon Age fandom slang) The Dorian romance subplot in the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition.


Solavellan

Solavellan just gets me thinking the what ifs, headcanons, the theories. You have to really dig deep if you wanna understand the romance.

I am a (pretty hardcore) Solavellan shipper, though I completely understand it’s not everyone’s cup of tea.

Solavellan is probably my favorite romance from a narrative sense.

(fandom slang) The ship of Solas and the female elf Inquistor player character from Dragon Age: Inquisition.


Bullmancer

Kinda sucks that Bullmancers miss out on the dancing at the Winter Palace (well I suppose that happened, just off screen) and a wedding if true, […]

As a Bullmancer, I’m going to have to fight you now. He’s the best romance with the most interesting relationship outcome depending on your choices.

2019 July 1, [deleted user account], Reddit

The Bullmancers got fricked over in Trespasser imo

(Dragon Age fandom slang) A player who romances the Iron Bull during a playthrough of Dragon Age: Inquisition.


Solavellan Hell

Oh dear. Poor you. You're done for once you enter the Solavellan Hell.

Welcome to Solavellan Hell. Kleenexes on the table, and weeping is done in the corners.

We’ve all been through enough heartache with Solavellan Hell, so gotta keep it uplifting in here haha.

2024 February 9, [deleted user account], Reddit

(Dragon Age fandom slang) The state of exquisite agony experienced by shippers of Solas and the Inquistor (Solavellan)


push notification

en-noun

push notification (plural push notifications)

(Internet, mobile telephony) The delivery of information from a software application to a computing device without a specific request from the client.


Androider

Since Instagram became available for Android users yesterday, a lobby of "but that was OUR app!" tweets are starkly highlighting the rift between iPhoners and Androiders.

2012 April 4, Emily Dreyfuss, “iPhone users: Android is ruining our Instagram club”, in CNET, CBS Interactive Inc., published 2012, retrieved 2020-03-01


Handers

Me listening to any song: Wow I can't believe this artist too ships handers, and decided to write a song about it, what an amazing world

2015 September 27, deneb (@v3gaaltair), Twitter

Goddamn Handers ship being so beautifully angsty.

2016 January 29, Nyxie Black (@NyxieBlack), Twitter

I have no idea what liking the Handers pairing says about me lol 😂.

(fandom slang) The ship of Anders and player character Hawke from Dragon Age II.


Fenhawke

Assuming Fenhawke isn't an option here, I don't mind Fenbela if it's well-written.

I binge read some fenhawke fics from nearly a decade ago and still love them just as much :)

2020 March 2, Jill (@EphemeraBlossom), Twitter

Fenhawke will always be my number 1 dragon age ship 😭😭

2023 February 3, fawn (@fuwafawn), Twitter

(fandom slang) The ship of Fenris and player character Hawke from Dragon Age II.


Cullavellan

I just read the best cullavellan fic and now my blood is boiling why do I have class

2016 February 3, cade (@tinygrunt), Twitter

There was this one cullavellan fic where both Cullen and Lavellan didn't want kids and honestly it made me so happy.

All the other Cullavellan shippers I’ve met saying how their Inky and Cullen fell in love at first sight and stuff… Meanwhile mine was ready to fist fight this man in a Denny’s parking lot any day of the week

2022 February 12, ace (@ace_trash_boi), Twitter

(fandom slang) The ship of Cullen Rutherford and the female elf Inquistor player character from Dragon Age: Inquisition.


Inky

From an affectionate shortening of inquisitor + -y.

Do you like to play as an asshole Inky? What options, lines of dialogues, actions have you picked?

Of my 9 Inkies, the ones I felt to be the strongest (character-wise) were my atheist Trevelyan Reaver, my devout Andrastian Trevelyan mage, and my rebellious and fiercely elfy Lavellan who romanced Solas.

My Inky was a very faithful Andrastian, like his family, and he believed he was the Herald of Andraste…kind of.

(fandom slang, video games) The Inquisitor player character from the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition.


Red Hawke

From the red icon used to denote aggressive dialogue choices in Dragon Age II.

Red Hawke's deadpan delivery was one of the most hilarious moments in the game for me haha.

2015 September 23, HawkeThisHawkeThat, Reddit

I once played a Red Hawke that was a sociopath that got off on the murder knife.

Blue Hawke was kind of a pollyanna and Red Hawke was a jerk, so I went with Purple Snarky Hawke.

(Dragon Age fandom slang) A Hawke player character who expresses an aggressive personality.


Blue Hawke

From the blue icon used to denote diplomatic dialogue choices in Dragon Age II.

Blue Hawke is too nice for the armpit of the free marches.

Blue Hawke tries to see the good in everyone even when things aren't ideal or working in their favor.

2022 October 28, [deleted user account], Reddit

Blue Hawke is the only sane Hawke.

(Dragon Age fandom slang) A Hawke player character who expresses a diplomatic personality.


Purple Hawke

From the purple icon used to denote sarcastic dialogue choices in Dragon Age II.

Purple Hawke gets all the love, and I honestly see why. That irreverent little shit is hilarious.

I agree Purple Hawke can sometimes be inappropriate, but I don't find those situations that common...

Purple Hawke is one of the best protagonists in gaming period.

(Dragon Age fandom slang) A Hawke player character who expresses a sarcastic personality.


friendmance

Fenris friendmance (especially with a mage Hawke) for heals and feels.

I really want to rivalmance Anders but honestly I love his friendmance so much I can’t do it

I feel like most people prefer the friendmances (especially for Fenris) but the rival paths are so interesting!

(Dragon Age fandom slang) A romance with a character with whom the player has a friendly relationship in Dragon Age II.


friendmance

en-verb

friendmance (third-person singular simple present friendmances, present participle friendmancing, simple past and past participle friendmanced)

friendmances (present singular third-person)
friendmancing (participle present)
friendmanced (participle past)
friendmanced (past)

In my peronal opinion, Anders and Merrill are for friendmancing only, unless you want to truly, deeply hurt and bully them.

2015 December 28, [deleted user account], Reddit

Friendmancing Fenris as a pro-Mage Hawke is another favourite. I really love the growth you see in him throughout.

If female Hawke friendmances Sebastian, he will suggest a chaste marriage with her taking vows as a Chantry sister.

(Dragon Age fandom slang) To romance a character in this manner in Dragon Age II.


rivalmance

Yes, Anders' rivalmance is cruel. I never did it, and I don't plan it (I simply can't imagine).

2017 December 17, CaiusGermanicus, Reddit

I actually like the unhealthy aspects of the rivalmances (and some of the romances) in DA.

2018 February 21, wardsarefunctioning, Reddit

I preferred the friendmance with Fenris personally, but like with Isabela, the rivalmance is also pretty good.

2019 February 24, KvonLiechtenstein, Reddit

(Dragon Age fandom slang) A romance with a character with whom the player has an antagonistic relationship in Dragon Age II.


rivalmance

rivalmance (third-person singular simple present rivalmances, present participle rivalmancing, simple past and past participle rivalmanced)

rivalmances (present singular third-person)
rivalmancing (participle present)
rivalmanced (participle past)
rivalmanced (past)

And finally I would rivalmance Anders by being a hypocritical mage that supported the templars.

I love rivalmancing Anders and Fenris. Brings a lot of tension that I find really sexy lol.

2019 May 10, [deleted user account], Reddit

i wanted to rivalmance Merrill once but that would cause my heart to explode.