When a human being or creature is in a state of nothingness. The individual has lost all train of thought and is completely useless. A victim of shutdown cannot think, has no motor skills, appearing to be much like a pilon. Shutdown is often caused after a day of vigorous activity, or simply from being lazy.

After spending the previous five hours stroking his male unit, Mark went into shutdown.

shutdown by gobrownsgo66 February 22, 2010

shutdown

Someone who is better than HotShot at EVERYTHING

shutdown by Anonymous May 14, 2003

shutdown!

ohhh, you just got shutdown, like you just got totally insulted or proven wrong.

person A: "China is SO the capital of Thailand."
person B: "nu-uh!"
person A: "yuh-huh! ask person C."
person C: "actually, BANGKOK is the capital of thailand."
person B: "ohhh, shutdown!"

shutdown! by lauren August 31, 2003

ShutDown Ting

When the party is an absolute madness and you know the police are going to have to come and shut it down.

Person A : Yo did you reach Dres party last night?

Person B: yeah it was an absolute madness.. it was a shutdown ting

Example 2:

Deano: Are you going to that party next week?
Maccah: Yeah course, its going to be a shutdown.

ShutDown Ting by anonymous931 January 22, 2015

Shutdown Alley

It is a place in the warehouse where everyone knows to meet to have a shutdown at the same time everyday...

I looked at my watch and noticed it was 2:50pm and said I got to get to Shutdown Alley to meet the gang for a shutdown...

Shutdown Alley by Ticman October 12, 2011

Shutdown Jockey

A government worker or contractor who "rides" the government shutdown and doesn't have to report to work.

Nick: Do you have to go into work tomorrow if the government shuts down?
Bala: Nah, I'm a shutdown jockey. Let's head to the bar for mid-day drinks.

Shutdown Jockey by ImaginaryMohawk September 30, 2013

You met me at a very Chinese time in my life

A moment in time where you feel distinctly Chinese over all other things.

Dante: "I wish I could be Nigerian, but I can't because I'm Chinese. You met me at a very Chinese time in my life."

You met me at a very Chinese time in my life by Sus Chad September 21, 2026

Word of the Day on September 25, 2026

crunchy

Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.

Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.

Modified derivative of granola.

"I need more crunchy guys in my life. I'm so tired of dating preppy metrosexual assholes."

"I'm heading out to the crunchy store to pick up some fair trade chocolate and tea tree oil, do you need anything?"

crunchy by EBC July 11, 2007

Word of the Day on September 24, 2026

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