An object or person with a scruffy, dishevelled, unkempt or cheap appearance. Tatty trainers and unwashed clothes complimented by greasy hair that hasn't been taken to a barber for a good few months, let alone seen shampoo would constitute a 'scratty' appearance. A cheap brand of clothes with little style could be described as 'scratty'. A tacky town or city could be branded 'scratty'.
1: "Have you seen Dave's new car?"
2: "The B reg metro?"
1: "Yeah."
2: "Yeah, it's scratty."
1: "Dude, scratty Anne has a new hair do, have you seen it?"
2: "Yeah, looks like she cut it herself."
1: "All those drugs have made Pete Doherty look really scratty."
2: "Agreed."
1: "I went to bradford to see some friends over Easter."
2: "What was it like?"
1: "To tell the truth, it was downright scratty."
Individuals with no regard for others. Often unjustified, they find pleasure creating trouble for fellow colleagues. Person/ people who create problems for coworkers when it was absolutely unnecessary.
Everyone at work was happy with their performances, and about to call it a day, until a "shratt" decided to snitch to the manager about some unfinished work. Work that could have waited to be done the next day with no problems to production.
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.
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."
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*