Hermitcrabbing 

(verb) The act of becoming so unhealthily involved with one's significant other as to completely withdraw from the world The person crawls up inside of their boyfriend or girlfriend's life much like the titular vermin, using only their large right claw as a doorway/camoflage preventing others from identifying he/she. The person only emerges every once in a while to nab a piece of
food (rejoin society briefly), and then scurries back into his/her hidey hole. The culprit will continue to do
this until the signficant other is no longer hospitable or he/she outgrows them, then he/she will have to move on to another person, or find a tin can or
other such shelter.

"That guy has been hermitcrabbing for like three months now. Is he even alive?"

Hermitcrabbing by Cathoga November 10, 2009

Hermit Crabbing 

verb - the act of inhabiting your partners basement bunker(s) with your penis indefinitely until eviction notice is enforced from your landlord.*

*This is not to be confused with soaking

John: Hey Bill! Wanna go see a motion picture?
Bill: I can't, I'm currently hermit crabbing Cindy's basement bunker
John: Still?
Bill: Yeah, she hasn't evicted me yet

Hermit Crabbing by hermitkraber December 8, 2014

Hermit Crabbing 

v. The act of "hermit crabbing" is a uniquely human behavior most commonly found in sleep away sports camps, where , typically after a night of dorm-partying and lame pranks, an athlete(s) proceed the next morning to do as the hermit crabs do: cocoon themselves within a shell of their bedsheets or sleeping bags and sleep through any early morning games that may have been inconveniently scheduled. Cereal hermit crabbers tend to have poor standing with coaches.

Athlete A at 2:00 a.m. : bro I'm boutta be tired as balls tomorrow dude, are you trynna hermit crab with me?

Athletes B: tots my goats brotha, not feeling this 8 a.m. game, screw coach he's a fag anyways

Athlete C: yo man where is Spencer?
Athlete D: the word on the street is he's hermit crabbing
Athlete C: the tricksty trickster strikes again

Hermit Crabbing by The Tricksty Trickster September 3, 2013

Hermit-Crabbing 

Hermit-crabbing the pre-stage to prairie dogging.

"Dude I was showering this morning and my hermit-crabbing almost went full prairie dogging."

Hermit-Crabbing by CornBlake September 18, 2017

Hermitcrabing 

(verb) /ˈhər-mət-krab-iŋ/
The act of immediately taking over something that someone else has just vacated — like a gym machine, seat, parking spot, or any resource — the moment it’s free.
Inspired by the behavior of hermit crabs, which move into empty shells left behind by others.
Related Emojis:
• 🦀👀 = watching and waiting
• 🦀💨 = swooping in fast
• 🦀🪑 = stealing a seat
• 🦀♻️ = reusing what someone else just left behind

1. “That guy just left the squat rack — I’m hermitcrabing it before someone else does.”
2. “I saw you hermitcrab my chair when I got up for five seconds.”
3. “I’ve been crab-watching this treadmill for ten minutes. 🦀👀”

Hermitcrabing by KatKryptic July 30, 2025