Downstrike's definitions

You could have went all day without saying that

A sarcastic version of, "that wasn't very nice", "you shouldn't have said that", "ewww, grody", or "TMI".

Variant: You could have gone all day without saying that.

Did you see all those girls clustering around your ex? I've never seen him happier!

Just think! You could have went all day without saying that!

by Downstrike May 26, 2006

genre

A category of literature or entertainment.

My favorite genre is Science Fiction.

by Downstrike May 22, 2004

parentheses

Punctuation that some duh-weebs are starting to include in the spelling of the "words" they define.

Even if some other duh-weeb would bother to look up the definition of your personal name, do you really think he's going to include a parenthetical phrase when he's spelling it?

by Downstrike October 7, 2004

reverence

Respectful, possibly worshipful awe.

Reverence is usually part of worship.

by Downstrike May 24, 2004

Alt attribute

In HTML, an attribute of the img tag that allows persnickety browsers to display text in place of the image, or to indicate the content of the image to the visually impaired and search engine spiders.

In the event that an image displayed on a web page displays text or other information, the Alt attribute should be set with descriptive text so that persnickety browsers, visually impaired people, and search engines can read the description. A lot of SEO spammers get themselves banned from search engines by keyword stuffing their Alt attributes.

Some accessibility nuts like to ruin a webmasters day by insisting that every blasted, non-informative image must have an "Alt tag". Some of us cave in to their nonsense by using NiDE, but the truth is, there is no such thing as an Alt tag. Alt is an attribute of the img tag.

by Downstrike April 9, 2006

two-legged cattle

See people and stampeding herds.

When people mindlessly do something without knowing any reason for doing it, they become like two-legged cattle.

by Downstrike September 12, 2004

personal space

An area around a person, within which other people make them nervous, except for intimacy. Also, space and my space.

You're invading my personal space.

Get out of my space!

by Downstrike December 23, 2004