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Threadjack 

To take over the content of a message thread by changing the subject of discourse to a topic outside the purview of the original subject and/orforum, while maintaining the subject line. A form of amusement for trolls. Threadjacking is distinguished from flaming, as flames are a quasi-personal attack on a poster or on a poster's style of discourse, where threadjacking is deliberatly steering the discussion offtopic.
Arm4war keeps starting threads about how fighting style affects gameplay, but artboy keeps threadjacking his posts with rants about non-real world physics.
Threadjack by alphageek December 11, 2003
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threadjacker 

A person who intentionally changes the topic in an email or bulletin board thread.
"Jeff was trying to tell everyone about his new computer, but Mike turned it the thread into a conversation about operating systems. Jeff got threadjacked bad; Mike is a serial threadjacker."
threadjacker by Caroline Sanford December 10, 2007

Threadjack 

Definition:

To hijack the engagement arc of a social media thread—usually via a high-impact comment that pulls attention, likes, and replies away from the original post. A threadjacker shifts gravitational focus, often triggering Screenshattin attempts and clout siphoning.
“He dropped one line and threadjacked the whole post—now everyone’s replying to him instead of the original video.”
Threadjack by Wordwrecker September 2, 2025

threadlocks 

a misunderstanding of light humor in facebook
yeah i knew it may be a risk...but i have discovered that light-hearted senses of humor abound on facebook...
9 minutes ago · Unlike · 1 person
Katherine Arfstrom ‎:P touche! and so dies another promising thread- ha get it threadlocks- a misunderstanding of light humor- where is that urban dictionary!

bang a you-ee 

of Massachusetts orig. "to make a u-turn"
hey, we missed the bar, bang a you-ee
Word of the Day on July 19, 2026
The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.
"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"
Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013
Word of the Day on July 18, 2026