explain in pop terms

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

by repufolklore January 17, 2025

urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=urbandictionary.com%2Fdefine.php%3Fterm%3D

The link to urbandictionary's link to urbandictionary's main page

Wanna break the 4th wall?
urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=urbandictionary.com%2Fdefine.php%3Fterm%3D

by ༼;´༎ຶ ۝ ༎ຶ༽༼;´༎ຶ ۝ ༎ຶ༽ July 10, 2023

sissy terms

explaining something in simple terms for uninitiated persons, especially highly technical information put into terms even a child would understand. Making tech talk understandable by the masses.

I couldn't understand TCP/IP until my buddy put it in sissy terms for me.

by JavaJaneOhio September 26, 2011

term-it-all

someone who has the ability to make a term for almost anything

person 1: Did you hear he mad a term for packing quickly?

person 2: Ya, he's such a term-it-all.

by junk boy 3 October 3, 2008

Terms of Disservice (TOD)

When an Internet site changes their Terms of Service without giving prior notice and deletes millions of people's blogs, which amounts to a virtual stealing of a person's intellectual property.

MySpace new Terms of Disservice (TOD) has outraged and alienated millions of people whose blogs have been deleted, which amounts of a virtual stealing of a person's intellectual property.

by disenfranchised poet July 14, 2013

Yummy In My Term Term

“Yummy in my term term” is another phrase for “yummy in my tummy.” The word “Term” is Alex’s Language (@Alex.your_friend) for “tummy.”

“That cookie was yummy in my term term.”

by Alex.your_friend June 10, 2023

Texting Terms

When you and another person never call or even talk in person and only text instead.

person 1:Whats up with you and your ant?
person 2: oh we are on texting terms so even though we live in the same house we dont ever talk we just text from different rooms
person 1: oh shit thats rough

by xX1TopShotXx June 29, 2018