white hat

An asshole. A knee-jerk reactionary. A shaven simian among men. Easily identified by their penchant for wearing white, baseball-style hats, usually bearing logos of university sports teams or the New York Yankees. Often accesorizes with department store cologne and butter yellow polos. Can usually be spotted at frat parties, H&M, Hollister and trendy, meat-market nightclubs. While not every asshole is a white hat, every white hat is an asshole.

That white hat in the Acura just cut me off...AGAIN!!

by Gabe Fauber May 24, 2005

white hat

The good guys

Man, I thought we were about to get our asses beat, until the white hats showed up.

by jred September 11, 2003

white hat

Socially responsible hacker; one who hacks then notifies the owner/authorities.

by lrussell September 14, 2003

white hat

A good guy or hero of romanticised Old West stories.

by Antinous September 11, 2003

white hat

In referance to a hacker - A hacker or even a cracker who uses his skills only in either legal or "friendly" activities.. or to trap/interupt the actions of script kiddies and other distructive activities.

The security analyst was a white hat.

by Jagged September 17, 2003

white hat

A security analyst or 'good guy hacker'. Uses various hacking methods to evaluate security systems.

The white hat performed a full port scan and analysis for our company.

by Addict September 10, 2003

white hat

Wearing one of these and going to the cinema alone is an act of defiance. White-hatters are people who don't need to wear an amorphous mass of friends like a security blanket, or have a girl/boyfriend slung around their neck. You wear a white hat to the cinema and, just maybe, meet someone else who doesn't need an 'other half' because they're a whole person, exactly as they are.

Whitehatting started on postsecret, and is spreading fast.

Join the revolution.

There's a white-hatter meet coming- check http://thewhitehatpeople.blogspot.com/ to find out about it.
I wore a white hat to see 'Casino Royale', and I've never enjoyed any film so much.

by Lyzi_byzi December 11, 2008