detritus

Stuff left behind, shit that no one wants. From Latin. Often used when the speaker expects that the listener won't know what the word means. This word is commonly used to describe the pile of bones and feathers that the hawk leaves behind after he eats the pigeon.

* Is that your detritus there?
* Why is all this detritus in the back seat of my car?

Pronounced DEE-truh-tus

by dbushong June 9, 2005

detritus

A useless person, someone that fails to be good at necessarily anything. Trash.

After her career collapsed, Lindsey Lohan became detritus.

by c.montroseisgay May 9, 2011

Detritus Dave

A man who’s liver is quickly decomposing due to a constant flow of IPA’s.

Detritus Dave just got off work and is heading to the bar to get his fix.

by 1000fun October 6, 2018

digital detritus

The thousands of email addresses, blogs, GeoCities sites, AngelFire and Tripod pages that are floating around cyberspace, neglected by creators who have forgotten the passwords to the accounts.

I made a GeoCities page when I was in high school and have no idea what the URL is, it's just another piece of digital detritus now.

by DT Blair October 1, 2010

Floor detritus

The small bits of unwanted fluff, carpet fibers, paper scraps, lint balls, food crumbs, pet related waste, and other general trash that accumulates on the floor between cleanings.

Today my 9 month old reached out and handed me the bit of floor detritus she found instead of immediately putting it in her mouth!

by Sleepymom March 23, 2026

Detroitus

Abandoned buildings, furniture, cars, debris, etc. in the inner core of a decaying city such as Detroit, with punning reference to detritus - that is, the decaying and fragmented matter of past civilizations.

He: God, all the empty buildings and crap in the downtown area make it look like a waste land. It's even worse than Detroit.
She: Yeah, everywhere you look, there's Detroitus.

by ring-tailed roarer May 30, 2009

detroitus

having properties of or being related to detroit

this whiteboard has some serious detroitus

by jdm April 8, 2003