human research technician 

the politically correct terminology for someone who enjoys reading and/or memorizing the little tidbits of information you can learn by scouring a friends facebook page.

used for those who are offended by the term facebook creeper.

there is a facebook group devoted to this cause.

'facebook creeper' is offensive; i prefer 'human research technician'.

human research technician by oggles January 13, 2009

Research Tangent 

Research Tangent: digressing suddenly from one topic of discussion to run to the nearest internet source in order to thoroughly research information either to: (A) reinforce a particular point or (B) attempt to relieve oneself from ignorance. Can be either directly or indirectly relevant.

... a trend that is sweeping the nation! Because knowledge is power!

Example: She totally went off on a research tangent in the middle of a movie last night when she wasn’t sure if sodium thiopental was the same as sodium pentothal.

Research Tangent by Miss Evelyn Grey November 2, 2011

research paper 

all forms of evil brought together in the form of a paper you gather pointless information.usually assigned by the most obnoxious teacher that no one likes

my research paper is due tomorrow.

research paper by georgia rain March 22, 2009

Research 

Porn

What's her name?
Need it for some research.

Research by Dean Incestor February 26, 2014

facebook research 

To sneak around on your friends, ex-boyfriends/ex-girlfriends, enemies, etc. profile's on Facebook to find out what they have been doing.

Since I've been away at college I decieded to do some facebook research on my ex-boyfriend and I found out he took some girl out the other night.

facebook research by clh October 30, 2007

Research 

To watch youtube videos made by some self-appointed, conspiracy of the month guru, that align with your already fantastical world view. The closer these videos are to what you already believe the better and any divergence in thought is viewed with deep suspicion. Reading actual scientific papers and websites is never research since they may contain weird symbols known as math (most likely is some kind of satanic script) and everyone knows all scientists work for the Illuminati anyway.

I researched flat earth enough to know it is true and you're not going to convince me otherwise.
Look, bro, all I'm asking is that you do the research yourself. I'll send you some youtube vids.

Research by ClearZ June 18, 2020

do your own research 

A term used by people too lazy to provide their own sources to back up their argument.

“Vaccines cause cancer, do your own research.”

do your own research by MaybeARealWord March 30, 2021