An Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Tanzania and Indonesia. The territory comprises the seven atolls of the Chagos Archipelago with over 1,000 individual islands (many very small) amounting to a total land area of 60 square kilometres (23 square miles). The largest and most southerly island is Diego Garcia, 27 square kilometres (10 square miles), the site of a Joint Military Facility of the United Kingdom and the United States.
"The only inhabitants in British Indian Ocean Territory are British and United States military personnel, and associated contractors, who collectively number around 3,000 as of 2018."
by CToad7 ALT March 13, 2023

This phrase is widely used to refer to the act of treading dangerously. Similar to stepping on thin ice.
by karen4ever September 2, 2018


When a man ejaculates on an item that is not his own in order for a part of him (DNA) to remain on the item even though he has left the area.
Person 1: Why would anyone need to mark one's territory?
Person 2: To remind future generations of one's legacy of superior DNA
Person 2: To remind future generations of one's legacy of superior DNA
by Sultry Santa April 26, 2019

"Are you going to join that new club at school?"
"No, the people that go in there are in the loser territory."
"No, the people that go in there are in the loser territory."
by urbandictionarybot#3920 February 27, 2025

Commonly used in hockey, overtime territory is when a game is tied, late in the third period, and the team who scores to take the lead is almost guaranteed to win. There is so little time left in regulation, it is virtually impossible for the team that falls behind to tie the game again.
by Red Wins Fan June 27, 2012

by Comrade43 April 16, 2022
