The opposite of Layman’s terms. To make something much more complicated than it has to be. A convoluted nonsensical explanation.
Jerry: Ellie and I are breaking up.
Mike: wait what happened?
Jerry: Well to put it into Laywoman’s Terms, she told me that she “had a dream that I cheated on her with her friend Nichole who is a Scorpio born on a full moon, and her amethyst crystal said our relationship was incompatible”.
Mike: that makes no god damn sense.
Jeremy: exactly
Mike: wait what happened?
Jerry: Well to put it into Laywoman’s Terms, she told me that she “had a dream that I cheated on her with her friend Nichole who is a Scorpio born on a full moon, and her amethyst crystal said our relationship was incompatible”.
Mike: that makes no god damn sense.
Jeremy: exactly
by Andrew G 001 September 22, 2021

A clause used by Twitter users (especially Stan Twitter) when they want a rephrase of a tweet or headline into pop culture terms. One of the most common uses of the format "explain in ____ terms."
Tweet: Hundreds of dinosaur footprints have been discovered in a U.K. quarry.
Person 1: explain in pop terms
Person 2: nicki is on the move
Person 1: explain in pop terms
Person 2: nicki is on the move
by repufolklore January 17, 2025

by asp3ntree February 28, 2022

A cover term is a word (or phrase) that provides a more general, legal, or accurate overarching term for a set of dissimilar terms that share a common property. Synonym: category.
"Cover term" may sound like "comfort term" when enunciated poorly or quickly, which might suggest the cover term is being used to make the original word (or phrase) more palatable or less anxiety producing to the audience. While this may occur, it is never the primary objective of using a cover term.
"Cover term" may sound like "comfort term" when enunciated poorly or quickly, which might suggest the cover term is being used to make the original word (or phrase) more palatable or less anxiety producing to the audience. While this may occur, it is never the primary objective of using a cover term.
by mrburlesk November 11, 2022

by ThatDapperLad March 6, 2021

by Naxxxxy July 27, 2017

Me: Hey Gordon, do you remember the homework that was due today from two weeks ago.
Gordon: Nah, I don't remember anything like that.
Me: But it's due in like an hour.
Gordon: What's due in an hour?
Me: Damn you got that shlong term memory.
Gordon: Nah, I don't remember anything like that.
Me: But it's due in like an hour.
Gordon: What's due in an hour?
Me: Damn you got that shlong term memory.
by MountedGeneral June 30, 2018
