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Microsofted 

When again and again you get screwed by Microsoft apps and repeatedly get into Catch XXII scenarios - for instance move a picture in a Word document and the whole thing shifts and disappears.
I can't run the 32bit install because I have some apps in 64bit and vice versa, I guess I got microsofted again.
Microsofted by L'Agneau October 18, 2018

Microsofted 

To get the COVID-19 vaccine, which obviously has a Microsoft chip in it to make you buy Microsoft products /s
Dude, I just got Microsofted!
Microsofted by HalideRadar July 9, 2021

Microsofted 

"You Just Got Microsofted"
(verb)

When a company gets so dominant and cocky that government regulators slam them with antitrust lawsuits, lawsuits, restrictions, or public humiliation — just like Microsoft in the late '90s.
Examples:

“Bro, Nvidia locked AI devs into CUDA again.”

→ “Oh damn… they’re about to get Microsofted.”

“Apple’s gatekeeping USB-C till the EU forced ‘em.”

→ “Classic Microsofting.”
Microsofted by Brokugeta May 28, 2025

Microsofted 

"You Just Got Microsofted"
(verb)

When a company gets so dominant and cocky that government regulators slam them with antitrust lawsuits, lawsuits, restrictions, or public humiliation — just like Microsoft in the late '90s.
Examples:

“Bro, Nvidia locked AI devs into CUDA again.”

→ “Oh damn… they’re about to get Microsofted.”

“Apple’s gatekeeping USB-C till the EU forced ‘em.”

→ “Classic Microsofting.”
Microsofted by Brokugeta May 28, 2025

Microsofted 

When a previously good product or service becomes worse due to corporate acquisition, poor integration, conflicting priorities, or the influence of a larger company's bureaucratic approach to product development.
"Ever since the partnership started, ChatGPT totally got microsofted - it's just not the same anymore."
Microsofted by Itsanamune July 14, 2025

Microsofted It 

verb: when one enters a word on Microsoft and uses the synonym tool to use a more sophisticated sounding word.

noun: a paper fully un-understandable due to the lack of correctly Microsofting It.
Teacher 1 - Wow, this paper is so beautifully though out.

Teacher 2 - Lemme see that *reads paper*

Teacher 2 - this kid totally Microsofted It.
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Respectfully 

Precedes or follows either a gratuitously disrespectful or honest remark, originated in New York City. Used in similar fashion to "no offense" or "to be honest," interchangeably.
Ya mans is wild buns, respectfully. Respectfully he's washed.

After school, The Modells on Jamaica Ave was active. Respectfully.
Respectfully by john quan the first December 20, 2020
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