slashdot

When used as a verb: A site that has been slashdotted has been overwhelmed with visitors to the point that it is overwhelmed and goes down for a period of time.

As a noun: A website that posts news for geeks and similar types.

My site got slashdotted because a download I hosted was in very high demand.

Slashdot.com just posted an article about the new Geforce 6800 series.

by Miroku December 27, 2004

slashdotted

Being slashdotted means that a huge influx of Internet traffic has come upon a website as a result of its being mentioned on Slashdot, a technology news and information site.

See also: slashdotted

Goddamnit. They found my pictures of the Mountian Dew bottle I turned into a computer... fuckers slashdotted my server.

by trypnotic May 21, 2003

slashdotted

When a web site becomes virtually unreachable because too many people are trying to access to it after the site has been mentioned on another web site. The term was born at the Slashdot nerd news service. (www.slashdot.org)

"I can't load the page, the site must be slashdotted"
"You got the Google cache? The site's slashdotted"

by Anonymous November 5, 2002

slashdot

A reference to the root (top most) directory on a Unix system (written as "/."). This is normally used when logged in as the root user, as it can be a security threat to have the root directory as part of root's path. This was borrowed as the name for the popular news site "slashdot.org".

"cd /." goes to the root directory.

by Brian October 19, 2004

slashdot

One of the older geek hangouts on the World Wide Web; a notable and wretched hive of scum and villainy. The denizens of Slashdot are known to engage, with regards to their self-professed knowledge of All-Things-Technical, in the same kind of macho douchebaggery that highschool jocks wield against their brainy counterparts. In this way they are quite adept at demonstrating their own propensities for egotism and vanity.

I made the mistake of reading the forums on slashdot today.

by dogeared-boy August 27, 2011

slashdot

A large news discussion site for geeks.
slashdot.org

Did you see that article on slashdot yesterday?

by Will January 17, 2003

Slashdot

The action of screaming SLASHDOT! when you do not agree with another person's opinion.

Teacher: "And that is why Adolf Hitler was a bad man"
Class: "SLASHDOT SLASHDOT SLASHDOT SLASHDOT!"

by dfvgtr June 1, 2018