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Short for skeuomorph /ˈskjuːəmɔrf/ skew-ə-morf, or skeuomorphism.

Usually a digital interface that employs "real-world" textures or effects to make an interface feel more comfortable, or more like the original thing it is emulating.
Skeu in a digital notebook application may be leather stitching and texture as well as torn paper details to emulate a real-world notebook.
Skeu by ArtInRuins September 11, 2012
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Pheurton Skeurto 

A slightly creepy(in a good way) piano waltz, by the awesome band Sunny Day Real Estate. SDRE=Early emo music.
How will they know
Just where to find?
Under this bridge
I lie down
-Pheurton Skeurto, SDRE
A word never written, but used vocally to describe a feeling of confusion, awkwardness, or sketchyness
"Hey, do you wanna go to a movie with me on saturday?"
"No your ugly and I hate you"
"Skeugh!"
skeugh by LukeONER September 20, 2005

Skeuomorphic 

skeu·o·morph

an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
Apple designs their phones as skeuomorphic
Skeuomorphic by Spyro_7 January 26, 2013

memetic skeuomorph 

Aesthetic contra-reference that contains decidable information.

An augmented-reality attribute in hyper-reality that serves a functional purpose.

A virtual attribute made of a functional (homoiconic) computer language.

Contains attributes of aesthetic self-reference.

Direct technological precursor to conscious self-reference.
Memetic skeuomorphs contra-referential, recursive, and functional.
the goat who likes beans and chocolate milk they are also really tall and loves the color pink.
Yo have you heard that new skeuso that shit fire bruh....
skeuso by NOOSETHAHUNGBOY January 22, 2022

ironic skeuomorph 

A skeumorph that is self-functional.

Self-function begins as meta-representation (juxtaposition) and ends as representation (self-reference).

A medium for conveying irony.

Including but not limited to vignettes, books, television, GIF's, and memes.
An ironic skeuomorph is self-referencing to the point of being a medium-in-itself.
ironic skeuomorph by sandraxine September 11, 2018
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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
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
In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.
"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."
Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020
Word of the Day on September 21, 2026

Concrete cowboy 

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.
Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.
Word of the Day on September 20, 2026
any hard liquor that is cheap & potent.. eg. relska, popov, potters, evan williams, kamchatka, fireball, rumpleminze, southern comfort, everclear
hey let's get a drink of that?

go ahead
*takes drink* ugh wtf is that?

everclear & bepsi
fucking hobo loko eeessshh
hobo loko by d i z k o 2 0 8 September 14, 2026
Word of the Day on September 19, 2026
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