When you want some one to complete something or do something faster. Or to stress the fact it needs to be done/retrieved quickly.
by DiamondQ. February 19, 2009

Whatever practice society considers normal. It's something that a lot of people do only because everyone else does it (even though they don't realise it).
Women in the 19th century had hairy legs—not because they didn't have razors, but because it was the done thing.
Women in the 2000s have shaven legs—not because it looks or feels better, but because it is the done thing.
Women in the 2000s wear thongs—not because they are sexy, but because it is the done thing. If it was actually worn because it's sexy, it would have been done back in 1979.
Women in the 2000s have shaven legs—not because it looks or feels better, but because it is the done thing.
Women in the 2000s wear thongs—not because they are sexy, but because it is the done thing. If it was actually worn because it's sexy, it would have been done back in 1979.
by Michael March 19, 2004

term used by some Christians or other theists to describe seemingly communicative or serendipitous coincidences caused by divine intervention.
by Oiiery August 17, 2008

Man that new iPod... I've got total thing-lust.
Police say his life was so ruled by thing-lust that he starved to death in a house full of consumer electronics.
Police say his life was so ruled by thing-lust that he starved to death in a house full of consumer electronics.
by gillfish February 21, 2009

A statement to denote something strange or repulsive or unexpected that was just seen or brought up in conversation.
Guy 1: How was your day?
Guy 2: Pretty good, you?
*Group of naked older gentlemen run by*
Guy 2: So that's a thing
Guy 2: Pretty good, you?
*Group of naked older gentlemen run by*
Guy 2: So that's a thing
by Great Hopwood February 28, 2015

A sports gambling term for a wager that the bettor has extreme confidence. Unfortunately, most people who really believe in the sure thing have gambling problems.
by Henry G December 28, 2005

by umlikewhatever May 16, 2009
