Metatechnologies

Technologies whose primary function is to create, improve, integrate, or govern other technologies. They are tools for the invention pipeline. This includes CAD/CAM software, integrated development environments (IDEs), machine learning models that design new materials, and even project management platforms for R&D teams. Metatechnologies don't directly produce goods; they amplify and accelerate the process of technological innovation itself.

Metatechnologies Example: GitHub is a Metatechnology. It doesn't build software directly; it is a platform for version control, collaboration, and integration that massively accelerates the process of creating software. Similarly, a protein-folding AI like AlphaFold is a metatechnology for biotechnology, as it designs the tools (enzymes, drugs) that will be the next generation of direct technologies.

Metatechnologies by Nammugal February 5, 2026

Meta-Technologies

Technologies whose primary function is to create, improve, or control other technologies. These are the tools that build tools. Think: AI that designs more efficient AI chips, nanotechnology assemblers that build quantum computers, or simulation platforms that test the societal impact of new inventions before they're built. They're force multipliers for innovation, but also create a dizzying recursion where the pace of change is driven by machines we increasingly can't understand.

Example: "Their startup's product was a meta-technology: a self-improving code optimizer. You'd feed it any software, and it would rewrite its own algorithms to better rewrite other algorithms. It made their app infinitely faster and also completely incomprehensible to the original developers." Meta-Technologies

Meta-Technologies by Abzugal January 30, 2026

Breadhead 

Someone who is addicted to obtaining money and building wealth. A money addict and fanatic. Breadheads often work more than one full-time job, and some even participate in illicit activities to "obtain the bread".

A breadhead is like a crackhead, but for money instead of crack.

Breadhead by 🅱️ U S 3 4 8 March 30, 2022

Stink lines

As seen in illustrations or cartoons: Wavy, vertical lines rising above a person, place or thing. Denotes a foul odor.

"You didn't put enough stink lines on your picture of the teacher."

Stink lines by Athene Airheart March 14, 2004

schmegegge 

Yiddish slang word meaning bullshit, baloney, hogwash, nonsense, crock of shit or hot air.

I don't buy the schmegegge about Morty sleeping with Moira.
His version of the story was pure schmegegge.
The whole schmegegge was made up to get Liz a little bit of attention.

schmegegge by budsbabe February 1, 2008

eye bleach 

Looking or experiencing something nice after witnessing something horrid like a disgusting gif or a disturbing video. Typically used as eye bleach are nice images of whatever makes the disturbed person happy.

"Bleach my eyes! Why is that woman's face ripped off!?"
*Looks up images of puppies and kittens.*
"That's good eye bleach."

eye bleach by Rini2012 November 29, 2016

Stroad

Noun. Portmanteau of "street" and "road": it describes a street, er, road, built for high speed, but with multiple access points. Excessive width is a common feature. A common feature in suburbia, especially along commercial strips. Unsafe at any speed, their extreme width and straightness paradoxically induces speeding. Somewhat more neutral than synonymous traffic sewer.

Did you see what the traffic engineers want to do to our street? They're going to turn it into a total stroad!

Stroad by hammersklavier February 21, 2012