A male UNIX or Network Administrator wearing sandals and sporting a long silvery-grey beard. May be bald, or also have long silvery-grey hair. The length of beard is directly proportional to their Gandalfness.
"Hey, check out that gandalf!" - "Oh him, yeah... he's been to every USENIX conference since Kernighan first presented."
by iambeezly February 1, 2018

by Alicerosse_xox July 16, 2021

A wise marketer that practices the art, science and wizardry of improving titles. A Title Gandalf is more experienced and wiser than a writer or wordsmith which simply strings words together. By seeing the potential of a piece of content, a Title Gandalf will step in to improve upon a title so readers will bite and be let down when they start reading what the wordsmith has strung together.
Writer: Can I get final approval on this content?
Title Gandalf: The text is looking good. But I'm sorry, but that title simply shall not pass.
Title Gandalf: The text is looking good. But I'm sorry, but that title simply shall not pass.
by BillyDaBot January 25, 2021

by Female jacculant sex bot October 12, 2020

The art of talking out of your arse and lying about every single thing. It is also the art of heavily breathing down a microphone regardless of how many times someone asks you to stop.
Someone says - "My grandad blew away in a tent"
One is to respond with - "that is bullshit. You are gandalfing"
One is to respond with - "that is bullshit. You are gandalfing"
by ThunderFox69 December 17, 2017

by chopinhower December 22, 2016

To listen to someone completely wrong without feeling the need to argue or correct them. From "Unfinshed Tales", when Gandalf replies to Saruman's coding about not weighing in on the fate of the One Ring: "it gives patience to listen to error without anger'
by BigDawgJ September 4, 2021
