soft restart

where you sign out and back in instead of restarting the computer as a faster but less effective solution to bugs and whatnot

"i just soft restarted my computer. It fixed the problem I had with Fallout New Vegas"

by mantis_shrimp January 9, 2019

soft brick

When a phone or other electronic device is rendered entirely unusable ("bricked", ie, the device has the functionality of a brick), but in a non-permanent way, such that with the correct tools and techniques, it can be revived. Contrast with "hard brick" where the device is well and truly useless. The process of unbricking it may still be enough work that one may choose to just get a new one (depending on how expensive it is to replace).

Generally implies that the damage is done to the firmware or software, not the hardware - a phone that was dunked in a fishtank might well be destroyed, but one wouldn't call that "bricked"

"Hey, what happened, I thought you bricked your phone trying to root it the other day - did you get a new one?"

"Oh no, it was just a soft brick. It took me hours to figure out how, but I was able to get it to boot last night and reinstalled android. Lost all my contacts though, and it's still not rooted..."

by Doc. A May 22, 2019

Soft Zero

This is a case where a girl is so unfortunate looking that not only does she not make it onto the classic "1-10 scale of hotness", it is actually considered generous to rate her 0.

Dude I don't remember anything from last night, it must have been bad though cause I woke up with a soft zero.

by doubledew December 13, 2010

soft post

when you post something cute or sweet on insta or at 1:59am when you can’t stop telling your freshman year college roomie how much you love her because she let you do those last three jello shots

kaylie: “im so content rn, soft post”
E: “you’re cute, soft post”
kaylie: “i wuv u, soft post”

by superduperkayl January 11, 2020

Soft Fuckboi

Typically names Karen and Sonja, people who will say things that only can be said to get in people's pants but mean no harm. Sometimes can come off as sweet but have underlying intentions.

They’re such a soft fuckboi, they only say sweet things to sleep with people.

by Intellectual101 October 12, 2020

soft docking

When two guys, gay or straight, slap their flaccid penises together.

Dale: “Dude, we should soft dock right now.”

Pete: “Totally. Soft docking and cryptocurrency are my two favorite things!”

by Fun Dilly Dilly January 2, 2018

soft aiming

an aimbot that does not snap the sights onto another player, but fires as soon as the player moves their sights over another player, allowing them to hit other players without actually being good at the game

This script kiddie named xXjake_paul_fanXx was soft aiming, hitting me from 200 meters despite his complete lack of strats and trash skills at building.

by cooboo22 November 19, 2020