Dashboard Warrior is exactly like a keyboard warrior but in a car for instances of spontaneous road rage where there is never any plan to escalate an altercation face to face. In fact, if any encounter is about to escalate beyond harmless finger fighting via some Mime-Fu or Hand-Jitsu, the Dashboard Warrior will make all efforts to hastily drive off and escape.
Man, the school drop off these days is crazy. Nothing but Dashboard Warriors and Karents as if everyone is late to work - too busy go toe to toe before the principal or, Mr Meyers (the oversized PE/Math teacher) breaks it up. I get it, schools were only made for students arriving by walking in the snow uphill both ways — never this militaristic style attack by troops comprised of assorted mini backpacked soldiers in primary colored camo, shuttled quickly by fleets of offroad Humvee-like 4x4 suvs and all personnel carriers in the form of gold, silver, and burgundy minivans…
by Tess Tickular August 19, 2021
Get the Dashboard Warriormug. verb
The mysterious act of “going to check something in the car” during a social gathering, only to return with suspiciously high energy, intense jaw action, and an overuse of the word “bro.”
Origin: Coined after a legendary night of camping when someone got caught doing cocaine off their car dashboard by a park ranger. Instantly elevating “dashboarding” to urban legend status among the friend group.
The mysterious act of “going to check something in the car” during a social gathering, only to return with suspiciously high energy, intense jaw action, and an overuse of the word “bro.”
Origin: Coined after a legendary night of camping when someone got caught doing cocaine off their car dashboard by a park ranger. Instantly elevating “dashboarding” to urban legend status among the friend group.
by The Cartagena 3 July 14, 2025
Get the Dashboardingmug. Someone who continually ditches there best friends to ride around in someone's car who they barely know.
by 121madman121 September 28, 2009
Get the Dashboard Diseasemug. 
by Zatarain’s Root Beer Drinker February 20, 2021
Get the Do you hate the band Dashboard Confessionalmug. When you find an unlocked vehicle and defecate on the dashboard so that it can be seen through the front windshield.
“Hey Regina, this guy parked like an asshole and the door is unlocked. Keep a lookout, Paulie is gonna give them a Denver Dashboard.”
by Phat Paulie July 30, 2025
Get the Denver Dashboardmug. A gaming term used to refer to when a game suddenly freezes for absolutely no reason whatsoever, forcing a restart.
The term was coined by various Fallout 76 players, as the game is absolutely notorious for doing this.
The term was coined by various Fallout 76 players, as the game is absolutely notorious for doing this.
"Don't worry, I got y- GODDAMMIT!"
"Did you dashboard?"
"Yes..."
"Man, dashboarding sucks. I feel you, man."
"Did you dashboard?"
"Yes..."
"Man, dashboarding sucks. I feel you, man."
by Ubeenbamboozledson May 13, 2021
Get the Dashboardingmug.