talk block
(rhyming) the act of making it difficult to for people to talk because of your presence =Modification of similar rhyming compound "cock block," which refers to one man blocking the More…
talk offline
(verb) Talk outside the official meeting =The word offline originally means something opposite to online, which is on-network. This expression “talk offline” meant “talk off the online More…
Talkify
(affixation) To talk in excess or talk someone's ear off =Intensification of the word "talk". Meant to demonstrate that the person doing the talking has talked to an excess, More…
talking head
a political pundit on television that can speak for hours about nothing particularly relevant, and is shot from a camera angle that shows only the shoulders and above of the anchorperson. More…
talkward
(of talk and awkward) describing a conversation that should be awkward but people are talking about anyway =This is so talkward! Can we please change the subject? Etymology : blending of More…
tall crawl
(rhyming) event where students who are tall traverse the campus and enjoy alcoholic drinks at every stop ="You got to be 6'3" to be on the tall crawl." Etymology : More…
tamagotchi
Increasingly, any of a class of toys known as ‘virtual pets’, which are small electronic pet simulators This word burst onto the linguistic scene earlier this year with news of More…
tanarexia
disorder in which a person obsessively tans After seeing an article in Self Magazine about the hazards of tanning which used the term tanorexia in the summer of 2004, my friends and I began More…
Tango Yankee
a polite expression of ones gratitude It was used to say thank you to a clerk in a much more unique and significant format. =Tango Yankee. Etymology : tango yankee. Acronym of 'T.Y.' More…
Tangry
a specific form of irrational anger that is felt by a person who is incredibly tired who then is more irritable =Blending between the words Tired and Angry to make a single word that is a More…
tanj
a generic interjection, equivalent to several words that would be inappropriate to list here. Desire on the part of the author to create a futuristic expletive that would serve his More…
Tank
An individual who is large in terms of height and/or weight and can drink large amounts of alcohol. 'Tank' was most likely coined as a humorous way to describe college students who can hold More…
tank up
To drink to the point of intoxication; the act of being intoxicated well beyond legal limits. ='My friend got tanked up on his birthday, and missed work the next day. Etymology : formed More…
Tank [2]
Usually in videogames, to receive a large amount of damage without much vital repercussions. =Because I had so much armor, I stood in the front and tanked all the damage while my team More…
Tank(2)
(metaphor, extension) The player character in a group of player characters that are working together that has the most health points and the greatest armor and will usually be used to More…
Tanking
(metaphor) In tennis, when one is tanking, one is giving up while slapping the ball as hard as they can, resembling a tank’s missiles =“I give up, I don’t want to play anymore. All I want More…
Tanky
Used to describe a game character that is hard to kill and has really high health. Like squishy, it seems to be mostly used by gamers who like role playing games like Dungeon of Dragons, More…
Tanorexia
Tanning addiction that a person excessively tans and never satisfies. =Tanorexia is formed from combining tan and -orexia. Orexia means desire as in anorexia, a eating disorder in which a More…