Skip to main content
Urban Dictionary Merch
Your favorite words on things you can wear, drink from, read, or give to a friend.
The Urban Dictionary Store sells gifts you’ll have to explain.

backspacer 

When IMing with someone, you notice in the status bar that the person is typing, but after a minute only replies with LOL! This may be done because the typer starts a thought but doesn't want to get into it.
me: ...Minas Tirith is the castle at Gondor
drew: *yawn hehe
me: wha!?
drew...after typing for 2 full minutes: lol
me: Backspacer!
drew: bah!
backspacer by tommykat December 29, 2005

backspacer 

those gay people who write shit in msn for hours and then they don't say anything and it pisses me off, and other people too.
everyone waits for ages for marcus to finish typing, then he types nothing!! wat a backspacer!!!!!
backspacer by gc_stripped October 10, 2004

2nd Gen BackPacker 

A second generation Backpacker is a Young Hip-Hop artist and/or aficionado, who is into the 4 Elements,
i.e. DJ, MC, Break, and Graffiti. A second Gen Backpacker will use an iPod or a MP3 to listen to Underground music, most of the time they obtain their favorite artists' music via the artists' YouTube channel or the artists' own website. As opposed to the older Backpacker who only gets Underground music through CD's from the Rappers themselves and carried around a Walkman to listen to those CD's. But both generations have some common attributes such as; 1) Carrying around Sharpies, Pens, and/or Spray paint cans in their Backpacks. 2) Their dislike for Mainstream music. 3) They both stay true to the art form and have a strong vocabulary, so their lyrics are not just about Drugs, Sex, and Money, 4) They also can freestyle/rap multiple syllable rhymes for many lines.
A 2nd Gen Backpackers are more accustomed to electronic devices to listen to their music.
2nd Gen BackPacker by TakaAli December 31, 2010

backspace contest 

When to people are typing in a chat at the same time, and both backspace immediately once they see the other person is typing. The person to backspace the slowest (the chat message says they are still typing) is usually the one forced to send the next message.
Jake_H: Hey Jane I just wanted to say I liked spending time with you a lot last night and that naught stuff was great.

Jane103: I really like you too, we should get together soon cause our last hook up was so much fun, however it was kind of weird...

(Both are typing) Both backspace contest immediately to see what the other one has to say.
backspace contest by Kurt the flirt February 17, 2012

backspace 

to erase words with a keyboard
it it equipped with most keyboards in America
unless of course you decided to take out keys out of your key board.
tommy:i was typing a cussword and my mom walked by

suffery:did you get caught?

tommy:no.good thing i have backspace!

suffery:yay
backspace by suffery June 11, 2009

backpacker 

1. A person who travels independently, typically on a low budget, usually staying in hostels or with locals rather than in hotels. Usually aged between 18 and 30 but can be older. Backpackers often travel for several months at a time, and do not consider their trip to be a "holiday". Due to the fact that backpacking was popularized by the hippie movement in the 1960s, there is some association of backpackers with aspects of counterculture.

2. A fan of certain types of "alternative" hip-hop. When used as a derogatory term, it can imply that the individual is suburban/middle class and listens to "nerd rap" rather than "real rap". When used as a neutral term of description, it can imply that the individual listens to thought-provoking, original, intellectual hip-hop. The term is especially associated with fans of the record label Definitive Jux.
1. "Last night I went out for a spliff with a bunch of Australian backpackers I met in a club, they were pretty cool guys."

2. "Oh I'm not really into that whole artsy backpacker scene, I prefer straight-up rap music, stuff like 2Pac and N.W.A."
backpacker by backpacker_x2 January 27, 2011
More from Urban Dictionary
NYC people who migrate north to Quahog, RI to see the leaves in the fall.
New York and everyone from there can fornicate themselves with an iron stick.
leafers by ss++ February 8, 2005
Word of the Day on September 27, 2026

Respectfully 

Precedes or follows either a gratuitously disrespectful or honest remark, originated in New York City. Used in similar fashion to "no offense" or "to be honest," interchangeably.
Ya mans is wild buns, respectfully. Respectfully he's washed.

After school, The Modells on Jamaica Ave was active. Respectfully.
Respectfully by john quan the first December 20, 2020
Word of the Day on September 26, 2026

You met me at a very Chinese time in my life

A moment in time where you feel distinctly Chinese over all other things.
Dante: "I wish I could be Nigerian, but I can't because I'm Chinese. You met me at a very Chinese time in my life."
Word of the Day on September 25, 2026
Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.

Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.

Modified derivative of granola.
"I need more crunchy guys in my life. I'm so tired of dating preppy metrosexual assholes."

"I'm heading out to the crunchy store to pick up some fair trade chocolate and tea tree oil, do you need anything?"
crunchy by EBC July 11, 2007
Word of the Day on September 24, 2026
Next