by jsilley February 28, 2010

Girl 1 - You hangout with that hot drummer last night?
Girl 2 - Yeah, he was a real nick lags if you know what I mean.
Girl 2 - Yeah, he was a real nick lags if you know what I mean.
by Marion Crane December 13, 2006

When you grow up immersed in a culture of compulsory heterosexuality and labour under the misapprehension that you must be straight. Het lag typically lasts for years or decades.
It is particularly prevalent among those who do not experience a strong sense of romantic or sexual attraction to any sex or gender, and therefore have less obvious counter-evidence to the assumption of heterosexuality than those who experience strong same-sex/same-gender attraction. This is typically exacerbated by the lack of LGBTQIA+ education in schools and lack of awareness in many communities.
However, it is not exclusively experienced by people who identify under the asexual and/or aromantic umbrellas. Anyone whose sexuality is not the exclusively heterosexual 'default' that widespread social norms teach them to expect may experience het lag.
Originally coined in a tweet by Jared Pechacek (@vandroidhelsing):
"Mistyped it as 'het lag' so now we have a term for when you grow up thinking you're straight."
It is particularly prevalent among those who do not experience a strong sense of romantic or sexual attraction to any sex or gender, and therefore have less obvious counter-evidence to the assumption of heterosexuality than those who experience strong same-sex/same-gender attraction. This is typically exacerbated by the lack of LGBTQIA+ education in schools and lack of awareness in many communities.
However, it is not exclusively experienced by people who identify under the asexual and/or aromantic umbrellas. Anyone whose sexuality is not the exclusively heterosexual 'default' that widespread social norms teach them to expect may experience het lag.
Originally coined in a tweet by Jared Pechacek (@vandroidhelsing):
"Mistyped it as 'het lag' so now we have a term for when you grow up thinking you're straight."
by Ace_Editor April 11, 2019

by Camille sdt November 17, 2007

by -The Hand of Justice May 3, 2006

Disruption of sleep patterns caused by chatting all night to a friend from a different time zone.
See: jet lag
See: jet lag
American: Damn it, since we've been chatting my days have started at 2:00 pm and ended at 7:00 am. It's 5:00 am here and I have to get up at 8:00 am for an exam.
Australian: It's chat lag, mate.
Australian: It's chat lag, mate.
by Laukev7 August 28, 2010

When your fucking lagging and your teammates are fuckingly trashtalking you because you are fucking lagging
And fuck lag bro
And fuck lag bro
by Retarted-Lukie-kun2019 March 28, 2019
