Skip to main content
Urban Dictionary Merch
Your favorite words on things you can wear, drink from, read, or give to a friend.
The Urban Dictionary Store sells gifts you’ll have to explain.

quaternary

A knee jerk response from corporate to increase profits and decrease cost.
Carlos, why are you sending us your quaternary screen shit?
quaternary by Paperhead March 26, 2007

Quaternary Reference 

An unauthoritative reference source based upon unlimited human input
I tried to use Wikipedia as a reference for my essay, but my prof said that quaternary references weren't allowed!
Quaternary Reference by OT9DJM March 31, 2007

quaternary location 

Where you go after the tertiary location in a weekend bar crawl that begins with a power brunch and a secondary location. The quaternary location is rarely attempted.
Officer: Do you know why I pulled you over?
Vivica (slurred): Quaternary location?

Quaternary Queer 

Quaternary: Commonly used in AP Human Geography
Queer: caused by being gay and not liking the opposite sex.
Quaternary Queer: Being very gay and taking the class of AP Human Geography.
Billy is a quaternary queer. He has answered many questions incorrectly.
The teacher says, "Billy, you answered the questions incorrectly you quaternary queer.
Quaternary Queer by Dusty Bunzzz April 25, 2022

quarternary

An adjective describing the fourth in a sequence.
Primary, secondary, tertiary, quarternary, quinary, senary, septenary, octonary, nonary, denary.
quarternary by Julia Ghita September 5, 2007

quaternarytane 

A common common name for Butane (C4H10). It is especially common in Bohemia.
Make sure you fill your lighter with some quaternarytane before they play Bohemian Rhapsody.
quaternarytane by Zandrew September 30, 2007
More from Urban Dictionary
The number of years you are still sexually active
While our lifespan is the number of years we will live, our healthspan is the number of healthy years we will have and our sexspan is is the number of years we will continue to be healthy enough to continue having an active sex life.
sexspan by Dr Kat April 21, 2022
Word of the Day on October 28, 2026
A lighthearted reaction upon receiving disappointing news of some sort. Usually something that isn't a particularly a big deal, esp. when it primarily affects someone else - sort of a mild schadenfreude. Sometimes doubled or tripled, and possibly said in a sing-songy voice for added comedic effect to imitate a muted trumpet, which is how the meme originated.
You didn't get any napkins with your takeout pork fried rice? Womp womp.
womp by 175623226 November 3, 2011
Word of the Day on October 27, 2026
When your wife’s boyfriend let you sleep past 8pm 😎😎
Wife’s boyfriend: You have 5 more minutes
Me: Poggers!
Poggers by Just_Charles April 14, 2020
Word of the Day on October 26, 2026

Oblication 

A vacation, feeling more like an obligation, that involves visiting or staying with family.
So Joe where are you taking the kids for spring break vacation? We are going on an oblication to Boca to visit my mother-in-law.
Oblication by kimmerr May 5, 2011
Word of the Day on October 25, 2026

Surf Dracula Syndrome 

A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.

For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
Word of the Day on October 24, 2026
Load more