It means having too much traffic on a web site due to its link being posted on lifehacker.com as a feature article, sometimes even causing the featured web site to go down.

I just visited the site, but it seems the lifehacker effect took off again!

the lifehacker effect by mish1234568 March 14, 2009

Carty Field Linebacker

Lives in the trees. Comes down to make
plays and deliver big, violent hits that
have left many children in wheelchairs.
Problem is he's a linebacker…and this is
a baseball field. What's the resolution?

Son: hey dad can we take batting
practice down at Carty Field?

Father: Do you like being able to walk?
The Carty Field Linebacker would eat
you alive.

Carty Field Linebacker by Leland Bruce January 30, 2023

lifejacket

When a chick comes up behind you, clothed or unclothed, and her boobs rest over your shoulders and around your neck resembling an emergency life-vest.

While trapped in a cave, Grant stayed alive by falling asleep in the security and warmth of his best friend's lifejacket; even though it was a little gay.

lifejacket by cowtipn January 29, 2007

office linebacker

A very well built man whose football career would have taken off, had his love for keeping rebellious employees in cubical situations not taken first priority. This man WILL kick your scrawny ass.

Terry Tate is the coolest friggin' guy in the universe.

office linebacker by Heather P. September 17, 2003

Lifehack

A colloquial term for common sense that makes people feel good about their basic creativity, or lack thereof. Typically lifehacks are not all that helpful, they are simply advertised well so as to provide a false sense of improvement in the user's day to day operation.

"Check out these 7 lifehacks using only paper clips! #1: use them to hold your papers together!..."

Lifehack by Vibraslap_Guru February 25, 2017

God Shot

A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".

Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."

God Shot by Imogen1564 February 25, 2011

Word of the Day on September 18, 2026

city chicken

A food native to Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania in which cubes of pork and/or veal are put on a short, wooden skewer, breaded, then baked and/or fried.

I've heard that city chicken originated during the Great Depression, when folks didn't have enough money to buy full cuts of meat, so they assembled meat scraps on a wooden skewer, creating a make-shift drumstick. Hence the name.

Are yinz havin' city chicken for dinner?

city chicken by TRF August 31, 2006

Word of the Day on September 17, 2026

Is that cake?

Another way to say is this fake? Like the show real or cake

“Slayyyter just announced another album last night”
“No way, is that cake?”
“Yeah whoops this isn’t real”

Is that cake? by Sexyyred September 15, 2026

Word of the Day on September 16, 2026

just fokin missing her

native american reservation origin... to miss an ex so badly that everyone can see it.. can be used for either sex eg. just fokin missing her/him

friend : *noticably sad*
me : look at you all sad & shit
friend : shut up!
me : just fokin missing her huh?

just fokin missing her by d i z k o 2 0 8 September 14, 2026

Word of the Day on September 15, 2026

endwarfins

The rush of neurotransmitters and neuropeptides triggered specifically by watching the Seven Dwarfs march home singing "Heigh-Ho" — that particular high of pickaxes, whistling while you work, and communal domestic bliss in a cottage built for men half your height.

I only meant to watch the Heigh-Ho scene for the endwarfins, and then it was two hours later and I'd watched the whole movie.

Endwarfins aren't just a Snow White thing — I get the same hit off the Lollipop Guild in Oz.

endwarfins by Howard Ogden September 13, 2026

Word of the Day on September 14, 2026

caillou

A slang term used to describe a bald person, typically someone who is completely bald or has a closely shaved head. The term is derived from the infamous, hairless kids’ cartoon character of the same name.

Example 1:
“Did you see that caillou over there? His head is reflecting the sun like a disco ball.”
Example 2:
“I think Dave is finally accepting his hair loss. He just went full caillou and shaved the whole thing off.”

caillou by WMH01 September 12, 2026

Word of the Day on September 13, 2026