Shift in meaning

A shift in meaning is when a word's meaning changes over time.

The word "cool" used to mean a low temperature, but now it can also mean something is stylish or awesome.

It is interesting to understand how confusion arises after a shift in meaning of a word from one mythology to another.

by Shifzar Aris January 29, 2025

The Soft Shift

(Verb) The unethical act of your Precinct's Captain or Lieutenant (in some cases Sergeant), assigning a shift to you with no prior notice or attempts to inform you.

The Soft Shift is typically accompanied by a firm, "come on (your name)... I know you saw it on your schedule... and now I don't have any other Officers to get it covered..."

by Salty_LEO_1984 July 25, 2019

shift-faced

Riding motorcycles or quads around completely wasted. term comes from a brand of riding gear called Shift.

lets drink before we go riding, i want to go out shift-faced

by Papacav May 14, 2010

Red Shift

A red-shift in the light from a star shows that the distance between us and the star is increasing. The bigger the red-shift the faster the star is moving away.

Student: "Teacher what is red shift?"
Teacher: "Red shift is the wavelength of the light that is stretched, so the light is seen as 'shifted' towards the red part of the spectrum. "

by Dr. Annole March 21, 2023

shift cripple

term, which describes little 93'-kiddies, who don't know when to hit the shift-button on their keyboard. These kids mostly use abbreviations like ILY and/or lysm.

kid writes on yahoo: "i loVe YoU sO mUCh!"
I reply: "You's a shift cripple"

by Pop the cherry April 4, 2009

shift f3

Epic Minecraft pie ray

Shift f3 for useless pie ray lolz

by Yeetus yeetus self deletus July 8, 2021

im shifting

Accidentally recording yourself shifting to Zootopia

“Im shifting”

“Im shifting! Is that the magical city of Zootopia? Where every mammal can be anything they want.”

by stan twice or die February 13, 2025