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typefright

noun: increased anxiety and tendency toward error experienced by the user of a computer or other interactive electronic device, caused by the presence of an observer or observers, and directly proportional to the number of observers, the importance of the personal and/or professional relationship of the device user with said observer(s), and/or the nature of the device content or device user's activity
1. "When my boss stopped at my desk to watch me type up that memo I got serious typefright. I made all sorts of mistakes I wouldn't usually make."

2. "Sorry about the weird message; I got typefright when my boyfriend sat down next to me while I was texting you about his surprise birthday party."
by junglelinguist January 16, 2011
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Typewriter Telly

A single computer or the internet as a whole when considered by a stupid person.
I saw your car advertised on the typewriter telly.
by Jerry Malto September 8, 2011
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typetard

Frequent ridiculous autocorrects made by an iPhone in response to the typetardedness of its user. A perfect union of hopeless user and overly invasive autocorrection which results in amusing typetarded sentence construction.
"Did you see all the funny errors in that message John sent from his iPhone? What a pair of absolute typetards he and his phone are!"
by Sideline Critic February 9, 2012
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typefuck

1.To mistype something and fuck yourself.

2.To type and send drunk something that you should neither say or type.
1. sorry about that :P
The addition of the smiley could easily have been a typefuck

2. Status: I love men
indended status ; I love men in black - Tommy Lee Jones is great

In both examples the typee (usually posting on the internet)
by thenumber_6 October 19, 2011
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type-writer

A kind of shirt (ususally an over-shirt) that with time will sag or move to one side, thus causing one to have to keep pulling it back to the other side like a type-writer. This happens most commonly with girls as some shirts will move to one side as it flows, but gets stuck on a boob.
Guy: Hey, you've got some type-writer action going on.
Girl: Ugh! I know, this shirt is so annoying, but cute!
by DecemberSparkler November 3, 2011
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type impediment

A condition afflicting a person, who, through slovenliness or malcoordinated sausage fingers, cannot type a coherent sentence for their lives.
The life of a man haunted by his type impediment..
Girl on fb: Hey, king george the VI, how's things? xx
King George VI: ajnca girmg nf 3of dsfnosdn @Nns sdkv? yy
King George VI: *Im garet tnkahs, now are you dnoig?
King George VI: *I'm fine thanks, how are you?
by royston white May 15, 2014
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Typerventilation

When a self diagnosed "mentally ill" teen (usually between the ages of 13 and 16, can be older) starts typing in a spastic, mostly unreadable manner in response to getting intellectually opposed in any way. They say the typing is caused by shaking of their hands as a result of panic attacks, but is really just a way to gain the attention and/or pity of readers and the people in opposition of said person.
Tumblr User: Oh, look, allmymentaldisorders is have a melt down again.

Tumblr User 2: Yeah, they pull that shit every time someone tells them to stop self diagnosing.

Tumblr User 3: omg!!! they're having a panic attack, you ableists, just leave he/she/it/them/etc alone jfc they have depression anxiety bd ocd dd did and autism

Tumblr User: They're not having a panic attack, it's just typerventilation.
by nomoradfemsthanks October 19, 2015
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