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 12, 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 October 29, 2007
by -The Hand of Justice April 21, 2006
When you have so many Tinder matches that it lags your phone and you can't send messages to anyone. Must have greater than 10,000 matches or you won't ever experience it. Only Alpha males or huge slu's reach Tinder Lag status.
by Big Titted Grandma September 25, 2018
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