When a situation is beginning to become awkward. You know that it is about to be a merp situation however to avoid saying merp in the near future you warn the person you're talking to by saying "merl alert" which insists that they are about to say something merp worthy...
Are you going out tonight? we should meet up.
3 hours later....
..merp alert
"oh sorry I totally forgot to respond!"
-yea...... merp.
3 hours later....
..merp alert
"oh sorry I totally forgot to respond!"
-yea...... merp.
by zunit469 February 20, 2015

by FruitLeg January 29, 2020

by masterdink March 14, 2022

Term used to alert others to the presence of an attractive underage girl. Term is based loosely on the alert that goes out when a child goes missing or has been abducted.
by Tisfortodd February 19, 2008

A Google Alert (automated Google Search) set up for your own name or pseudonym, with the intention of keeping abreast of references of yourself on the internet.
My Ego Alert is all but useless - if only my parents hadn't named me Charlie Sheen. None of the hits it notifies me of are ever about my blog - they're all about the actor!
by rossruns February 20, 2011

Phrase uttered when encountering an unexpected hipster sighting in the wild. Can also be used to poke fun at a friend who just inadvertently said something hipster.
by parallel_master June 13, 2018

The tweeting of random crap with no purpose on the Social Networking/Micro blogging website "Twitter".
by @Tom4518 @alenka_m February 25, 2010
