Frontiersman

Archaic: A man living in an undiscovered area, on the frontier of a new land. Lives off resources and things in the wild.

Modern: Since there are very few undiscovered areas remaining, the term has been extended to encompass men who explore bushes, also known as shrubbery.

Brad: (barges into a closed bedroom) Hey what are you doing bro?
Lewis Clark: I'm exploring a lovely trimmed bush why don't you try it sometime. You're not my bro, GTFO.
Brad: I've never done that before. Wow dude you're a frontiersman!

by Laser>Wax>Shave>Forest>Jungle October 29, 2018

Frontier

Frontier is full of stupid thots and drug addicts. They are usually going down the wrong path and are going to grow up working at a strip club or a gas station. Their significant other will leave them because they are trashy.

Danny- have you heard of anyone from frontier?
Boobies- yeah they’re all trash

by Skrrrrrrtttttt September 2, 2019

frontier

A frontend developer who became rentier.

I have a friend Eugene who became a frontier this week.
(Means he escaped from frontend development office slavery because he has big passive income)

by auriwield March 20, 2022

Frontier Moment

An intentional game design choice made by Frontier Developments that is questionable in nature; worsens the game experience for no known or valid reason

Person 1: "Why would they make this variant count as a separate species?"
Person 2: "Frontier moment."

by Somebody Tired of Your Shit March 30, 2022

Frontiers Status

Often used as an interjection during a sexually explicit or inappropriate video or image to Sonic from Sonic Frontiers beating the shit out of the Titans (The Titans being Giganto, Wyvern, Knight, and Supreme). Accompanied by either "Undefeatable", "Break Through It All", "Find Your Flame", or "I'm Here."

Frontiers Status is a meme and in most cases won't be used in conversation.

by Praise The Lord Paddington May 21, 2024

Frontiers Status

Often used as an interjection during a sexually explicit or inappropriate video or image to Sonic from Sonic Frontiers beating the shit out of the Titans (The Titans being Giganto, Wyvern, Knight, and Supreme). Accompanied by either
"Undefeatable", "Break Through It All", "Find Your Flame", or "I'm Here."

Usually Frontiers Status can't or shouldn't be used in a sentence.

by Praise The Lord Paddington May 28, 2024

Frontier Engineering

Engineering that operates at the very edge of the possible, pushing into unknown technical territory to solve grand challenges where no established blueprint exists. It’s less about disrupting a market and more about conquering a new technical "frontier," like deep space, the deep sea, or the molecular machinery of life. The work is high-risk, high-cost, and involves creating entirely new tools, materials, and methods just to begin the project. Failure is a frequent teacher.

Example: The engineers designing a viable fusion reactor, a Mars habitat, or a quantum computer are doing Frontier Engineering. They are not improving existing power plants, houses, or laptops; they are inventing entirely new fields of engineering from first principles to operate in realms we've never practically accessed before.

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 3, 2026