pixelbitching

Originating with the point and click adventure games that the computer gaming market was overflowing with in the 80's and 90's, pixelbitching is the act of sweeping your mouse cursor across any given screen of such a game, in order to find the minute cluster of pixels you need to progress. Often used by gamers as a last resort when they can't find any other items/pathways to proceed.

The direct result of pre-millenial psychic expectancy

"Yeah, I got stuck while I was playing last night, and ended up pixelbitching three screens before I finally found the tiny item I needed!"

by relative-frequency, September 18, 2012

pixel-fucking

When someone pays way too much attention looking at a visual effects shot in a film. Often happens when examining the grain of a composite element to make sure it matches the film stock. Someone who pixel-fucks pays more attention to things like grain than the overall effectiveness of the shot. This is often because they are small-minded bean-counters, and miss the point of a shot entirely.

Closely related to 'frame-fucking'. See also 'pixel-fucking microscope'.

"Man, I can't believe that the director is pixel-fucking my shot."

by stooge-on-BOL May 20, 2008

pixel crush

to be physically attracted to pixelaided person, usually a video game character or avatar. Otherwise to be "Hot for pixels."

I kinda have a pixel crush on this guy from harvest moon.

Man, I need to stop pixel crushes on MapleStory users.

by PixlePerfect September 6, 2009

Pixel Hugger

A person who values pixels and video games over actual life and people.

Dude Logan is such a pixel hugger he wont even go hang out with us.

by Ravager November 11, 2006

Pixelface

Generic term for computer screen based life/experience.
Similar to the term 'Chalkface' used by teachers and educators, which in turn derived from the term 'Coalface' as used by miners.
First coined on the "Poor Attitude' blog.

"Man I've been at the pixelface all day - my eyes are fried.

"Life at the pixelface isn't all it's clicked up to be"

by NikChinook April 23, 2009

pixel jockey

A derogatory term for graphic designers, motion graphic artists, 3D artists and other computer-related fields related to the visual arts industry. Used by producers and HR recruiters as term of condescension to those artists whose skills, they do not ultimately understand.

Like the racist lawn jockeys of golf clubs and the racist term camel jockeys, the term implies a being of lower status and the master-slave relation between the owner and owned.

Actual 3D artists and graphic designers would never refer to themselves as pixel jockeys, preferring to use job titles for the fields which they respectfully have mastered.

"Hey Bob, we gotta get another pixel jockey to wrangle this greenscreen that I shot on DV."

by Another Freelance Designer February 11, 2010

pixel wanking

An endless and usually contradictory stream of requests - from "business guys" - to move an image or part of a web page up|left|right|down X pixels so that it lines up with some other arbitrary and unrelated part of the web application.

An often fatal disease, mostly affecting business owners and project managers which typically ends in a horrible death - usually by bludgeoning with the nearest blunt implement (a keyboard to the face is a common cause of death).

Business Guy: "Hey, front end guy, could you just move that line of text so that the bottom of it lines up with the top of the letter 'M' in the third paragraph of the second column six words from the left and diagonally across from that image of a flux capacitor?"

Front End Guy: "Dude, I've had enough of you and your endless pixel wanking. Taste my keyboard of death, motherfucker!"

by lleighto August 20, 2011