Skip to main content
A communication protocol sometimes used to connect to internet servers from remote hosts.

Seldom used due to it's inability to display pornography.
telnet playboy.com
Connecting to playboy.com
login: hughhefner
password: ********

hughhefner % titties
titties: Command not found
telnet by Joshua James October 13, 2006
Related Words
A terminal-emulation protocol that is widely used on the Internet to log on to network computers. Telnet also refers to the application that uses the Telnet protocol for users who log on from remote locations.
Microsoft Telnet> o 207.44.188.38 25
Connecting To 207.44.188.38...Could not open connection to the host, on port 25.

An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.
telnet by :| October 19, 2003
The other definitions are correct, but fail to mention that telnet is very insecure, as all data (including user names and passwords) are sent across the network in plain text (unencrypted). On an untrusted/public network (like the internet) this can be quite dangerous.
Telnet is outdated. Secure Shell (SSH) is a far better alternative.
telnet by Orbter February 1, 2005

telnyxing 

When you own a large pool of phone numbers and they cannot call each other due to inter-routing failure within your internal network.
Nobody:
Tariq: I cannot call my LTC Department from my Pharmacy phone
Bertha: Oh Tariq are your phone telnyxing again?
Tariq: I believe so $#%!@#
telnyxing by atown3000 November 2, 2020
She is a very caring and amazing person to all. If you meet a Telnah you will become friends in seconds. Telnah s are nice loyal and beutiful. If you lie she will instantly know which is her best super power. She would be the most Loyal person you can know.
Girl: Is that Telnah
Gurl2: Yeah she is the most loyal person Ik!
Telnah by Jkiduduudjdj September 29, 2021
slip of the tongue perhaps,
Those idiots who drive around in a ridiculously raised pick up truck, making a top heavy vehicle even more top heavy and unstable
A:*gah*
B: "Whats the matter"
A: This dam prickup is blinding me.
B: Stupid thing's, as if there lights weren't blinding enough as it is.
prickup by lunasea September 28, 2009
Word of the Day on June 23, 2026