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Misconstrue

To carelessly misinterpret another person's words, ideas or intentions, often with a dismissive and disparaging mindset. When a person misconstrues, they rely on their gut feeling while paying no attention to the actual content and rationale. Though it can happen anywhere, such quick-to-react idiocy is almost exclusive to Twitter and Reddit.

See also: gaslighting
Me: *posts a genuine and sincere LifeProTip on how to clean junk on your phone* 0 upvotes

Redditard: Stop advertising your app dickhead, we know that shit doesn't work. 12 upvotes

Me: Oh look, typical Redditard misconstrued my post. Nowhere in my post did I even say that it was my app!!! -5 upvotes
Words you can keep

Misconstrusion 

The act of misconstruing something, or not understanding something
Your reaction was a misconstrusion of my intent!
Misconstrusion by JPAA January 16, 2011

Misconstrudel

To incorrectly interpret a strudel as another baked good or pastry, or vice versa.
Q: Hey man, where'd you get this delicious apple turnover?
A: Dude. Common misconstrudel right there... you have got to learn your pastries!
Misconstrudel by devilashe June 9, 2014

Misconscrewed 

Messed up
Not a real word but is used by women on basketball wives, they think they are smart for saying it too.
Jackie: y'all got this totally misconscrewed
Draya(thinking) man, that girl got some good vocab!
Misconscrewed by notanninja99 November 29, 2011

misconscrewing 

to mess around and scramble up someone elses words
how a rumor gets twisted around
misconscrewing by rod124356 August 29, 2005

Misconscrewed 

when a party or parties misconstrues the meaning of your statement causing detriment either unwittingly or maliciously
That jerk in the meeting misconscrewed me again. Vengeance will be mine!
Misconscrewed by rzaragoza December 19, 2008

Misconscrew 

Deliberate misinterpretation of a subject; Useful tool for political speech writers to misrepresent facts; Choice to misunderstand or to created misinformation for personal motives; Creating a "strawman" in an argument to alter the truth; Misread on purpose; Take in the wrong sense deliberately.

Commonly confused with "misconstrue" which does not imply deliberate misunderstanding.
"The senator's speechwriters chose to misconscrew his opponent's words to make them appear to mean something they clearly did not."

"She misconscrewed his meaning to create a strawman to attack rather than confront his true meaning directly"

"Although he knew exactly what she meant, he misconcrewed her meaning to avoid discussing her feelings, instead focusing on something completely unrelated"
Misconscrew by Siagiah Karlsson December 14, 2006
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board chow 

A)
The Crud that collects under the keys in a keyboard. Usually more severe in the keyboards of programmers and webmasters as they tend to spend a lot of time at the the computer and thus eat at their desk. Mainly affecting IBM Model M (clicly) style boards.

B)
Can also be used to gross out Non-Techie people
A)
Bill: want to go to the club?
Bob: No, I've got to clean out my board chow, keys are starting to stick.

B)
Bill: Want to go out to get a bite?
Bob: No, i am just going to have some of my board chow/
Bill: Whats' that?
Bob: The food scraps that collect in my keyboard; Want some?
Bill: *GAG* *HURL* *GAG*
board chow by BinaryHackerMan September 3, 2007
Word of the Day on August 26, 2026

young pup 

a young person, a young adult in their late teens/early 20s.
Ah, you're just a young pup at 23!
young pup by the dog May 30, 2006
Word of the Day on August 25, 2026
West Midlands slang word for rockers, bikers, greasers etc. In the late 1980s it was used by the UK music press to refer to a specific scene centered around the bands Pop Will Eat Itself and Crazyhead. The term never found favour with readers of 'the inkies' (Sounds, Melody Maker and the still extant NME) and was soon dropped. Now often used in predominantly working-class areas of the midlands and the north to mean someone who listens to rock-derived music and/or dresses in a manner that suggests they affiliate themselves with rock music of some kind.
Some grebo passed with Sabbath playing on his stereo.
The Poppies are at no. 17? God, a grebo band in the charts!
They're playing nu-metal now, bloody grebos!
grebo by cactuscat September 15, 2006
Word of the Day on August 24, 2026

TikTok Farlands

TikTok Farlands is a term to refer to videos that you see after scrolling for a long time. These videos can potentially be disturbing, or weird. Said videos can also have low likes, or low comments.
“I reached the TikTok Farlands bro
Word of the Day on August 23, 2026

mormon assault vehicle

another term for a station wagon, mini-van, or any other kind of vehicle that is targeted at the "family" demographic(also M.A.V.)
"Tactical advantages aside, the M.A.V. is top of the line for the holy warrior troop transport manufactured by the Church of Latter Day Saints Military Industrial Complex. Also great for family trips...to heathen lands."
mormon assault vehicle by KVRX January 10, 2005
Word of the Day on August 22, 2026

Shakira Law 

A version of "Sharia Law" that Reform Ltd supporters tend to refer to, often by mistake.
Richard Tice of Reform now lives in Dubai, under Shakira Law, although telling Brits that we should worry about it
Shakira Law by Reformltd February 16, 2025
Word of the Day on August 21, 2026
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