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Adj. To tap or rap (with your fingers or a pen, for example) repetitively on a desk, keyboard or other solid object. Done in order to cause annoyance to other people close by to you, especially at work or school where you need to concentrate. Invariably perpetrated by people who think it's cool to do so, along with other annoying habits such as pen clicking.
*tap tap tappity-tap, tap tap tappity tap...*
"I wish that tool would stop shanding! He knows all the desks are bolted together! I can't concentrate for him constantly shanding."

*rap rap-rap rap, rap rap-rap rap...*
"Dude, I really need to concentrate on this customers' order. Please, for the love of God, stop shanding"
Shanding by Dirtcreature X1 April 29, 2014
Words you can keep

Quick Sanding 

The act of showing too much interest in another person making you appear desperate and less desirable to them. The term "Quick Sanding" is referring to if you were standing in quick-sand trying to get out- the harder you try the quicker you will sink.
Her: "I tried calling him, texting him, even went to dinner with his mom. Then I tried to add him on Facebook. I still haven't got any response. I know....I will try texting him again!"
Person listening to her: "You are Quick Sanding so bad right now- Please just stop!"
Quick Sanding by Lance Pecht July 23, 2019

Standing here i realise 

Standing here, I realize you were
Just like me trying to make history.
But who's to judge the right from wrong.
When our guard is down I think we'll both agree.
That violence breeds violence.
But in the end it has to be this way.
I've curved my own path, you've followed your wrath;
But maybe we're both the same.
The world has turned, and so many have burned.
But nobody is to blame.
It's tearing across this barren wasted land.
I feel new life could be born beneath
The blood stained sand.
Standing here i realise is a song from MGR during the senator Armstrong fight

standing on business 

Short Def: Take care of your business

Long Def: When faced with a situation, you are urged to handle your own affairs.

Sad Def: After breaking up with your significant other, you are focusing on your business by dealing with your personal matters.
"Ay, Qebly what happened to your hoe?"

"Fuck dat bih, I'm standing on business"

standing reservation 

A reservation consistently placed at the same time and day each week, such as that for a favorite restaurant.
He has a standing reservation there and brings in a new girl to treat out each week.
standing reservation by Pap¡ February 13, 2017

Boat Standing 

When you're on the deck of a boat, approaching your destination, and everyone on board just stands there, staring ahead until you arrive.
"Man, that scene in Skyfall had some great Boat Standing!"

Standing Stupid

When you go to a fast food restaurant and stare at the menu for an extra long time without knowing what to order
Me and Kennidy went to Which-wich and were caught standing stupid trying to figure out what and how to order.
Standing Stupid by standing stupid September 2, 2018
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Salad Days 

green inexperienced youthful judgement and cold blooded execution of those judgements.

Rashness with little concern of consequence.

Antony and Cleopatra. William Shakespeare

"My salad days,
When I was green in judgment, cold in blood."

- William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, 1.5
"How did you end up in jail?"

"Salad days, 'nuf said."
Salad Days by GilbyRFC0 October 7, 2011
Word of the Day on August 28, 2026

age gate 

An absolutely foolproof way to keep minors from viewing content deemed "too mature" for them to watch.
Billy: "So I was trying to watch some videos for an M rated game, and I ran into an age gate, so I put in my real birthday. SOMEHOW it managed to figure out that I am 12. CURSE YOU AGE GATE!!!"

Bill: "Fucking age gate! *quick scroll* THERE! I was born on January 1, 1904. Fuck you age gate."
age gate by Banja January 7, 2011
Word of the Day on August 27, 2026

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
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