Emotional Cruiser's definitions

platform

A gaming term that also merges two meanings: it refers to a synonym for the "side scroller" genre, where the gameplay involves moving sideways through levels, and the console or operating system on which a video game is played.

Whether you're playing on a console or PC, the platform can greatly affect your gaming experience, especially in side scrollers!

by Emotional Cruiser October 2, 2025

arshitect

A player of The Sims who creatively designs houses where the entrance leads to the bathroom first, and beds are swapped for coffee machines, showcasing a unique take on home design.

As an arshitect, I take pride in my unconventional layouts—my friends can’t stop laughing at my bathroom-first, coffee-driven designs!

by Emotional Cruiser August 5, 2025

iPad kid

Being the backronym for "Indonesian people addicted to devices-type kid", this pejorative slang term meaning "screen addict" refers to the country Indonesia having world's highest average screen time, i.e. 7 hours 38 minutes per day as of 2025.

With kids in every corner of Jakarta glued to their phones, it's hard not to call them all iPad kids these days!

by Emotional Cruiser September 27, 2025

GTA loading screen

Named after the game "Grand Theft Auto", the slang term "GTA loading screen" refers to websites like time.is/Surabaya that constantly shows advertisings for women's underwear when your parents walk in — but only shows restrained types (and amounts) of advertisings whilst your parents are sleeping or busy with activities like gardening.

I was just trying to check the time on my phone, but when my parents walked in, I got hit with a total GTA loading screen, bombarded by ads for women's underwear like it was some kind of prank!

by Emotional Cruiser November 4, 2025

duck you

A misspelling for "fuck you"

In the heat of the moment, all I could think to say was 'duck you!'—my temper got the best of me!

by Emotional Cruiser November 10, 2025

screen munch

An old term for "screenshot", if you're old enough to remember BlackBerry QWERTY phones

Back in my BlackBerry days, we used to call a screenshot a screen munch—such a blast from the past!

by Emotional Cruiser November 14, 2025

Mobile Programming

The art of creating applications for mobile devices, which can seem straightforward but often leads to confusion and frustration—especially for those who score an F, like I did, when faced with the intricacies of different platforms and coding languages.

Mobile Programming sounded fun until I got an F in the course; it turns out that juggling APIs, frameworks, and debugging is a lot harder than it seems!

by Emotional Cruiser September 1, 2025