A cultural shorthand, often humorous, catchy, or jargonistic, that simplifies or stylises a more complex or abstract concept, making it more memorable and widely accepted in common discourse.

"The funnyword for performing quality assurance by bombarding software with random inputs - akin to a crazed chimp pounding on a keyboard to see what happens - is monkey testing."

"It's this big abstract *thing* that no-one understands, incredibly complex infrastructure that stores your files so you can access them from anywhere - but anyway the funnyword for all that is the cloud. "

Funnyword by Dr. Dragan March 3, 2025

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Gayborhood

N. A neighborhood containing homes, clubs, bars, restaurants, and other places of business and entertainment that cater to homosexuals.

"They've opened up a new club in the Gayborhood called the Male Box."

Gayborhood by Mia Shields January 6, 2006

Word of the Day on July 14, 2026

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kenlet

A small piece of information. Derived from the word ken, used often in the scottish language and is synonymous with knowledge.

Person 1: "Hey I don't get this shit. How do you solve this problem?"
Person 2: "I got that one. Give me some kenlets on this assignment and I'll help you w/ that one."

kenlet by Norma Y. October 8, 2005

Word of the Day on July 13, 2026

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