A fictional place or mental state where all choices are technically available, yet none are satisfying—often cited while ordering dinner, picking a streaming show, deciding whether to wear a swimsuit in the hot tub. or making “quick” life decisions.
Example:
“I spent 45 minutes in the optionary and still ended up with fries.”

Swimsuits in a hot tub are Optionary

Optionary by Good with words April 25, 2026

Teeth Optional

When you are about to receive a hummer from a woman with dentures. Remove both plates for the traditional Gummer or keep either the Upper or Lower plate in.

Roberta was very upfront about her dentures. Davey really wanted a gobbly. This was a no brainer because of her Teeth Optional honesty.

Teeth Optional by will bitten September 20, 2017

Create Optionality

Sneaky way to say cheat in a committed relationship.

To leave ones options open (to cheat)

I didn't mean to hurt you- I just needed to create optionality in our relationship.

Create Optionality by babimia September 11, 2020

Tarps Optional

A rule referring to telling people that there is now an option of wearing a shirt or not.

-TARPS OPTIONAL PARTY (guy#1)

-Yo, where can i leave my tarp? (guy#2)

-you can hide it in my refrigerator. (guy#1)

Tarps Optional by matmo February 10, 2010

optionalistic

Adjective applied to a student who tries to get out of a summer homework assignment by "thinking" it was optional.
It rarely works but might get you permission to hand the assignment in late.

Teacher, "Where is your summer book report?"
Student, "Uhh... I thought that was optional."
Teacher, "How optionalistic of you."

optionalistic by joesk84ever June 26, 2009

Galantir

A group of people, typically women, searching through someone’s digital footprint in order to find more information about that person.

Susie wasn’t sure if her new Hinge match was a creep, so she assembled Galantir and they found out he used to post slurs on gaming forums.

Galantir by Ge-sus September 22, 2026

Word of the Day on September 23, 2026

murderhobo

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.

DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.

murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021

Word of the Day on September 22, 2026

Whale

In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.

"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."

Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020

Word of the Day on September 21, 2026

Concrete cowboy

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.

Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.

Concrete cowboy by EugeneJohnson42000 March 16, 2024

Word of the Day on September 20, 2026