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To vacate an area completely of all humans, usually rapidly and in response to an emergency situation.

etymology: "de-" (prefix, "remove") + "ass" = "get everyone's asses out of here"
When the bomb threat came, everyone was in a big hurry to deass the area.
Deass by tora321 June 3, 2010
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Delassus group is the best Moroccan grower of snacking tomatoes!
Why I overslept my classes?

- I was at Dalassus meeting

- What is that?

-Here at Delassus we only want to give our customers the best. What is the best you may ask? Specially grown fruits grown to perfection and picked when ripe. We would never put any nasty chemicals like GMO or any other pesticides in our products. Other companies who only care for profits and mass produce can not even compare to us. At Delassus, we care for out fruits and our customers!
delassus by Retardelassus March 2, 2021
the act of pressing the "degauss" button on your computer monitor to be rewarded with a buzzing sound and an exciting dementation of the colors.

A computer that hasn't been degaussed for a fair amount of time is considered "fresh".

The longer the duration between degausses, the "twangier" the degauss will be. If you are patient enough to wait a few weeks without degaussing your monitor, you won't be disappointed with the twangage.

The "Degauss Scale®" is used to measure the amount of "twang" from a degauss. The scale is usually from 1-10.

1: The lowest score on the twang scale. you must have just degaussed your monitor a few seconds ago in order to have a twang rating this low.

2: weak. you must have recently degaussed your monitor.

3: low. a slight twang but not much color distortion.

4: below average. generally low amount of twang/gimpedness

5: average. this is the type of degauss you will usually get if you have gone about 30 mins without degaussing.

6: above average. a decent amount of twang duration and messed up gamma.

7: oooh gettin up there. a 7 is pretty good. this means you have a good amount of twang and your color probably messed up quite a bit.

8: This is a satisfying degauss. enough twang to keep you laughing.

9: an unhealthy amount of twang and buzzing. insane color distortion.

10: these suckers only come by once in a green moon. They are so absol-friggin-twangy that they can knock you out of your seat. 10's usually have about an 8 sec twang duration. pulling one of these off means you are a degauss pr0
i degaussed all the monitors in the computer lab. uber twang
degauss by Rob April 11, 2005
Popularized by the recording group Brand New, the term "degausser" refers to a device that degausses, or removes the magnetic field from an item. The term can be broken down for better clarity:

Gauss - a unit of measure of magnetic field intensity

to degauss - to remove magnetism an item

degausser - device that removes magnetism from said item

In the song with the same title, degausser is used in a metaphorical sense to describe a person that steals another's magnetic field, rendering him or her useless.

Neil deGrasse Tyson 

Astrophysicist, Director of the Hayden Planetarium, in NY.

Recently pronounced "God" by Jon Stewart on the Daily Show due to his ability to explain why the tides go in and out. (The moon's gravitational pull, in case you were wondering).

Studied at both Harvard and Columbia Universities.
astrophysics, physics, science, Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson by kv8r84 January 26, 2011

Degrassi 

a great Canadian show for teens that deals with all kinds of issues, such as pregnancy, rape, homosexuality, self mutillation, parental abuse, abusive relationships, death, cancer, growing up, and relationships. Some people dont give it a chance because it seems "corny," but its actually a good show.
Ashley, Manny, Emma, Ellie, Liberty, Terri, Hazel, Paige, Kendra, Nadia, Jimmy, Sean, Spinner, Craig, Marco, Dylan.

"Hey, did you see the episode where Marco told spinner he was gay?!"
Degrassi by Jeana January 7, 2004