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Chathand 

Chathand or chatcut is the expression used to describe internet chat lingo that is typed in shortcut, or shorthand form.

It's often an acronym of commonly used words. In more complex form, it can also be a word that sounds like a chathanded term as an acronym, as is defined by the example expressions given. It can also be a phonetically spelled variation of a word or acronym. There are many different expressions and variations, but all mostly originated from chatroom lingo.

Example:
-"1337" meaning "leet", or "elite", a term that originated from the movie "hackers", and is used as an expression to define a group or individual that is considered to be a hacker(s).

acronym form-
-"lol" meaning "laugh out loud"
-"brb" meaning "be right back"
-"fml" meaning "fuck my life"
-"omg" meaning "oh my god"
-"wtf" meaning "what the fuck"
-"ily" meaning "I love you"

complex acronym form-
(refer to acronym form for definitions)-
-"el oh el" meaning "lol"
-"bee ar bee" meaning "brb"
-"eff em el" meaning "fml"
-"oh em gee" meaning "omg"

phonetic form-
-"ur" meaning "you're" or "you are"
-"orly" meaning "Oh really?"
-"bai" meaning "bye"
-"ghey" meaning "homosexual"
Examples of chathand usage:

"Some people call it "speaking IM", others call it "bad grammar", for those that like semantics, it's called "chathand".

"FFS, carb0n and RF are crashing stickam again? wtf, they swear they are so 1337."

"Michy is hot as fawk, she says ily 2 me, I jizz in my pants."

"oh em geee, stfu and gtfo you perv, stop fucking IM'ing me!"

"o rly? how can I stfu in a chat where I'm not even talking, I'm typing u fucktard."

"fml, I had a test to study for and forgot."
Chathand by aliaz October 21, 2010
Words you can keep

chatrandom

a chatroulette website where you can talk to strangers cam to cam
Met a cool chick on Chatrandom last night!
chatrandom by chattyone January 13, 2016

chatiando 

just some made up mixed spanglish word which means "chatting"
person1 "hey wey q'stas haciendo?"

person2 "chatiando con mis frenz"
chatiando by kammelle July 27, 2010
sex kittens; if you can't find them they're probably having sex in a bathtub
Wow they're such chathans
Chathan by penislover981 September 20, 2016

Cathandel 

(slang verb) When you can't handle a cat. Other term for "Can't Handle Cat".
My cat, Heaven, is so cute, I cathandel!

Our neighbor cathandels our cat.
Cathandel by JADirect_18 September 20, 2022
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Back when I lived in upstate new york 

A meaningless, unimpressive, self-serving introduction. An indicator that the story about to be shared will be pointless and dumb.
Back when I lived in upstate new york, I also had to park on the street - on two occasions, we got enough snow, mixed with just the right plowing, that my car was lifted off the ground from so much snow being jammed underneath it.
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Acronym, meaning Too Long Didn't Understand
Similar to TLDR
Sister: This meeting was to discuss the rough draft of my essay, where we discussed the subsidiary questions I added in my rough draft. We also discussed the relationship between my main title and the real-life situations I chose to use in my essay. We discussed the structure of my essay as well, specifically the Math AOK section and how it relates to the contradiction of the title. This second meeting was particularly helpful in discussing the implications of my essay claims and how to apply the title across various areas of knowledge. There were many sections of the essay that could have been cut down in wordiness and the ways of knowing required further and more in-depth analysis.

Me: Woah! TLDU!
TLDU by L-Evans January 14, 2019
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the act of having anonymous sexual encounters with other men in public toilets.
Cottaging by greeef April 24, 2003
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Salad Days 

green inexperienced youthful judgement and cold blooded execution of those judgements.

Rashness with little concern of consequence.

Antony and Cleopatra. William Shakespeare

"My salad days,
When I was green in judgment, cold in blood."

- William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, 1.5
"How did you end up in jail?"

"Salad days, 'nuf said."
Salad Days by GilbyRFC0 October 7, 2011
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age gate 

An absolutely foolproof way to keep minors from viewing content deemed "too mature" for them to watch.
Billy: "So I was trying to watch some videos for an M rated game, and I ran into an age gate, so I put in my real birthday. SOMEHOW it managed to figure out that I am 12. CURSE YOU AGE GATE!!!"

Bill: "Fucking age gate! *quick scroll* THERE! I was born on January 1, 1904. Fuck you age gate."
age gate by Banja January 7, 2011
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board chow 

A)
The Crud that collects under the keys in a keyboard. Usually more severe in the keyboards of programmers and webmasters as they tend to spend a lot of time at the the computer and thus eat at their desk. Mainly affecting IBM Model M (clicly) style boards.

B)
Can also be used to gross out Non-Techie people
A)
Bill: want to go to the club?
Bob: No, I've got to clean out my board chow, keys are starting to stick.

B)
Bill: Want to go out to get a bite?
Bob: No, i am just going to have some of my board chow/
Bill: Whats' that?
Bob: The food scraps that collect in my keyboard; Want some?
Bill: *GAG* *HURL* *GAG*
board chow by BinaryHackerMan September 3, 2007
Word of the Day on August 26, 2026
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