flashpacker

a geeky backpacker - youngsters which always carry around a backpack stuffed with 'indispensable' gadgetry: laptop, pda, gps etc

also referring to a backpacker with better budget - independent travelers with money to spend.

Your flashpacker friend couldn't possibly enjoy a coffee away from Google. Ok, let's go to Starbucks, they have WiFi there

by U8IK November 10, 2007

DYL

Destroy Your Liver. Assimilating large quantities of alcohool that would result in high spirits and painfull liver. Your liver must be punished!

Went out on a DYL night out with my buddies.

by U8IK February 25, 2008

photobombing

Intentionally posing in other people's photos, for a later surprise.
Usually people making funny faces in the background, without the knowledge of the main subjects of the photo.

Jim is always photobombing, he messed ups some of the best photos from the wedding.

by U8IK May 6, 2008

hepicat

one who has his eyes open. Possibly the etymological root of 'hip'

Many etymologists believe that the terms hip, hep and hepcat (e.g., jazz musicians' now cliched "hip cat") derive from the west African Wolof language word hepicat, which means "one who has his eyes open"

by U8IK August 1, 2011

eleutheromania

A desperate craving for freedom, a compulsive need for traveling around.

Don't let yourself be fooled by Jeff. He seems such a nice guy but he's eleutheromania keeps knocking. He'll be out the door in less than a month.

by U8IK June 27, 2007

GTD

Acronym for Getting Things Done. Usually refers to a task management application - a somehow fancier to do list you can mantain on your computer.

Can you recommend me a GTD app for Mac?

by U8IK January 13, 2008

gone bamboo

relocating to somewhere hot & humid, generally SE Asia (Thailand / Vietnam / Indonesia etc)

it originated with the military to describe GI's that retired / never left the South Pacific- disappearing and living out their life in a foreign environment.

These travellers and folks have Gone Bamboo.

by U8IK March 16, 2020