by Natasha Dubsackowski April 24, 2017
The Shard is a 309m 72 story glass skyscraper in London UK. It has an Observation deck from the 68th - 72nd floors. Its the tallest building in Europe and has breathtaking views.
Guy 1: 'Hey man are you going to the shard today?'
Guy 2: 'Yep, the views from the observation decks are amazing!'
Guy 2: 'Yep, the views from the observation decks are amazing!'
by Crimson Rainbow May 26, 2014
A portmanteau of the verbs "shit" and "fart," which describes the instance of accidentally shitting one's pants based on the assumption of farting prior to release.
A bit of technical information:
Despite one's intuition that the un-inflected form of the verb would be "shart," (borrowing the onset from "shit" and the rhyme of "fart") It's phonological realization, "shard," implies that the word entered the lexicon as "sharted."
Much in the same way the words "writer" and "rider" can not be distinguished from one another in speech with out a rich enough context (because they sound the same), "sharded" and "sharted" will also sound identical due to flapping. Hence, speakers of English chose "shard" as opposed to "shart" by means of back-formation. Selection of the phoneme /d/ over /t/ can likely be attributed to the feature {+voice} of the flapped consonant.
A bit of technical information:
Despite one's intuition that the un-inflected form of the verb would be "shart," (borrowing the onset from "shit" and the rhyme of "fart") It's phonological realization, "shard," implies that the word entered the lexicon as "sharted."
Much in the same way the words "writer" and "rider" can not be distinguished from one another in speech with out a rich enough context (because they sound the same), "sharded" and "sharted" will also sound identical due to flapping. Hence, speakers of English chose "shard" as opposed to "shart" by means of back-formation. Selection of the phoneme /d/ over /t/ can likely be attributed to the feature {+voice} of the flapped consonant.
by k.trü May 2, 2009
it means the same thing as 'shart' but,, its more powerful because it has a d instead of a t. or it can be used as an adjective.
by ?w?h?a?t?? November 20, 2019
by Renbarr January 9, 2014
Gamer slang for "destroy."
The term comes from MMORPGs that include a profession that destroys one thing for another. In world of warcraft, enchanting needed an ethereal type of material to craft enchantments on armor and weapons. It was obtained by "disenchanting" other pieces of special armor. The better the armor, the better the material. Because the material came out as dust and crystal shards, people called the act "sharding."
Because "sharding" a piece of armor would destroy it and replace it with expensive crafting materials, it was always a given that if your account was hacked by a chinese Farmer, he would shard all of your epic gear and sell the shards for gold.
It was also common for other players to do the same against one ex boy/girlfriend. See Example 1.
It became so ubiquitous, that it was used in games ever since. See Example 2.
It is also used by gamers in real life. See example 3.
The term comes from MMORPGs that include a profession that destroys one thing for another. In world of warcraft, enchanting needed an ethereal type of material to craft enchantments on armor and weapons. It was obtained by "disenchanting" other pieces of special armor. The better the armor, the better the material. Because the material came out as dust and crystal shards, people called the act "sharding."
Because "sharding" a piece of armor would destroy it and replace it with expensive crafting materials, it was always a given that if your account was hacked by a chinese Farmer, he would shard all of your epic gear and sell the shards for gold.
It was also common for other players to do the same against one ex boy/girlfriend. See Example 1.
It became so ubiquitous, that it was used in games ever since. See Example 2.
It is also used by gamers in real life. See example 3.
1. I'm in your account, sharding your purples (epic gear).
2. Gragas' explosive barrel can shard a whole team.
3. Did you see that skater fall a second ago? I pretty sure he just sharded his teeth.
2. Gragas' explosive barrel can shard a whole team.
3. Did you see that skater fall a second ago? I pretty sure he just sharded his teeth.
by wakkadoodooo August 14, 2012
by Assistant Coach for GCS November 18, 2004