Ian Maxwell's definitions

sock puppet

An account made on an internet message board, by a person who already has an account, for the purpose of posting more-or-less anonymously.

by Ian Maxwell March 14, 2003

crash

v. To find temporary lodging or shelter, as for the night.

"If you don't have anyplace to stay, you can crash at my place for the night."

by Ian Maxwell December 5, 2002

K THX BYE

"You can shut up now." Used mockingly in reference to people who, using stupid-looking internet shorthand, will say "k thx bye" ("okay, thanks, bye") when making a request on a message board or chatroom.

I don't think I'll be risking massive security holes in the software just so that you can write in pink. K THX BYE

by Ian Maxwell March 9, 2003

fanfic

A story written by a fan of a television show/movie/book/etc., featuring characters from it.

by Ian Maxwell March 9, 2003

omgus

Abbreviation for "Oh My God, You Suck."

You were the one who stole my wallet? OMGUS!

by Ian Maxwell November 3, 2002

craptacular

Iadj./I notable or spectacular in its poor quality

I threw together a craptacular book report at the last second.

by Ian Maxwell October 15, 2002

borken

Broken.

Sorry about the downtime, the server's hard disk was borken.

by Ian Maxwell February 6, 2003