Definitions by Emeritus Fouch

Dickover

Dickover n. : a modal panel, popover, or curtain presented by a website or app, deliberately obscuring its own content to frustrate the user with an unwanted, unnecessary, mandatory interaction; e.g. asking the user to accept “cookies”, subscribe to a newsletter, install the website’s mobile app, agree to terms of service, or anything else that the user couldn’t give two shits about.
Attributed to John Gruber of Daring Fireball

It’s already depressing to read the news but now I have to close a dickover before I can even read an article.

Dickover by Emeritus Fouch October 6, 2026