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Colloquially, a backstabbing traitor or other such undesirable character. Can also be used to refer to an entire group of such persons (see examples)
Usage first arose on internet gaming sites. The exact origins are unknown, but the first part may be a conflation of the words 'sketch' and 'spy', thus referring to the unsavory information-gathering habits of someone who is scifam. The second half of the word, 'fam' may be a shortened form of 'family' thus indicating that unfortunately, there is a large number of people like this, as scifam prefer quantity over quality.
"I just found out that the guy I thought was my friend completely backstabbed me"
"Dude, that sucks. But I always thought he might be scifam."

"This guys has, like, a couple hundred players following him, but they're all complete n00bs"
"Yeah, quantity over quality - typical scifam!"
Scifam by stmu26 January 31, 2009
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Sciamachy 

English word derived from Greek roots, skia- meaning dark, shadows, machos meaning fighting. Thus, variously it means to fight shadows, fighting an unseen enemy, shadowboxing, a flurry of inexplicable movement like a fit (imagine someone fighting an invisible foe), and from that latter meaning, absurdity. It's also my online nick that I use pretty well everywhere, picked semi-randomly from my big old dictionary :-)
This war on terror is pure sciamachy: we don't know who the enemy is, we have no defined conditions of victory, and it can't be a war as such because wars are conflicts between states.
Sciamachy by Skiamakhos April 2, 2009
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A scientologist, in lolcat-speak. More generally, anyone stupid enough to buy ad space on UrbanDictionary.com that will show beside definitions like this one. Yes, as of April 2008, the Church of Scientology thinks this is a good idea.

LOL WUT?
You want moar sauce? You want moar footbullets?
scifag
Tom Cruise
fube
goof the floof
scientologist stew
scientology salesman
scigasm
moonspeak (wtf?)
freezone
...and L. Ron Hubbard, xenu, dianetics, xenuphobia, cos, rick rolled, scientology, scientomogy...
scifag by David says so. April 14, 2008
Scifag is a derogatory term for a person obsessed with Scientology.

Detailed definition:
The word 'scifag' is a portmanteau on the words 'Scientology' and 'fag', the latter being short for 'faggot', a derogatory term for homosexuals. The wording of (noun)-fag carries the meaning of being 'gay for (noun)', which in turn means 'to be obsessed with (noun)', e.g. a Gucci-fag is a person obsessed with Gucci products.

The word scifag therefore describes someone who is 'gay for Scientology', meaning they are obsessed with it. It is likely that it was derived from a similar, pre-existing term also about a religion, namely Cristfag (someone gay for Jesus Christ, and in extension, Christianity)
Person A: Tom Cruise is pretty into Scientology.
Person B: Yeah, I know. He's a total scifag.
Scifag by Hecko September 30, 2009
Reference to Scientologists. Especially those who are the types to write into papers or comment on web sites spewing their cultish propaganda.
scifag: "Anonymous" has publicly proclaimed its guiding materials to be the Communist Manifesto and Mein Kampf. Quite obviously, this group is not just anti-Scientology, it is anti-freedom of religion, anti-free speech and anti-American.
(actual quote from http://tinyurl.com/2kzf3h)
Speaks for itself.
scifag by PiCroft January 11, 2009

sciamachy 

A futile battle with an imaginary
foe; fighting with a shadow.
sciamachy by Brandt Poole April 29, 2003
Sci-Fag relates to all members of Scientology being disliked. The original root word "Fag" comes from the word faggot, which means bundle of sticks. The bundle of sticks is refering to the sticks that people would collect before they were burnt at the stick, so the word fag or faggot is a violent and obscene way of saying I want you to be burned at the stick.
"So i heard you like mudkips?" - He didnt say anything he must be a scifag.

"Zomg look at that scifag trying to take photos of us"
scifag by AnonymousSyd February 13, 2008
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1. Meaning nasty, sexy, filthy. Popularized by Christina Aguilera.

2. Used usally as a close friend in hip-hop slang.
1. Wanna get dirrty
It's about time that I came to start the party Sweat drippin' over my body
Dancin' gettin' just a little naughty

2. Sup Dirrty? Haven't seen you in a while.
dirrty by Minty November 30, 2003

Coyote Ugly

1. Place

The Bar came before the movie. It is an awesome bar where the girls know how to party and make you feel okay about giving up your money, drawers, bras, and dignity.

2. Movie

A story about a Jersey girl following her dreams, aided by working at this bar in New York.

3. Situation/Person/Decision

See other definitions - waking up next to someone so ugly you'd rather chew your arm off than wake them up.
1. Yo, Coyote Ugly is my favorite bar! I got whipped, stripped, drunk, and danced on the bar all before 7 o'clock!

2. Hey did you see Coyote Ugly? It actually has a plot!

3. Ugg I woke up to Coyote Ugly this morning!
Coyote Ugly by jerseycountry March 8, 2009
Word of the Day on September 2, 2026

Literally 1984 

Used in response for when someone promotes/advocates an event or idea that is perceived to support "too much" authority and/or government control.

Often used jokingly as a over-exaggeration in political talk.

Can also be used in response to a ban or mute in a forum site or online chat.
Steve: I think that the government should regulate businesses more
Bob: Literally 1984!

--User1 has been permantly banned--
User2: You cant ban my friend like that! Literally 1984!
Literally 1984 by ke1 July 7, 2021
Word of the Day on September 1, 2026

Back when I lived in upstate new york 

A meaningless, unimpressive, self-serving introduction. An indicator that the story about to be shared will be pointless and dumb.
Back when I lived in upstate new york, I also had to park on the street - on two occasions, we got enough snow, mixed with just the right plowing, that my car was lifted off the ground from so much snow being jammed underneath it.
Word of the Day on August 31, 2026
Acronym, meaning Too Long Didn't Understand
Similar to TLDR
Sister: This meeting was to discuss the rough draft of my essay, where we discussed the subsidiary questions I added in my rough draft. We also discussed the relationship between my main title and the real-life situations I chose to use in my essay. We discussed the structure of my essay as well, specifically the Math AOK section and how it relates to the contradiction of the title. This second meeting was particularly helpful in discussing the implications of my essay claims and how to apply the title across various areas of knowledge. There were many sections of the essay that could have been cut down in wordiness and the ways of knowing required further and more in-depth analysis.

Me: Woah! TLDU!
TLDU by L-Evans January 14, 2019
Word of the Day on August 30, 2026
the act of having anonymous sexual encounters with other men in public toilets.
Cottaging by greeef April 24, 2003
Word of the Day on August 29, 2026
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