The Histy

(noun)
The British slang diminutive for a person's digital search or browser history. Typically uttered with a sense of dread or guilt right before handing someone your phone or laptop.
Follows the classic UK linguistic tradition of aggressively shortening serious, multi-syllable terms into cutesy diminutives (see also: cozzie livs, platty joobs, holibobs).

Example 1:
“Mate, grab my phone off the table to check the directions—just promise you won’t look at the histy, I was down a weird 3 AM rabbit hole about Victorian plumbing.”
Example 2:
“Rule number one of borrowing someone’s laptop: clear the histy immediately, do not perceive their 2023 symptom searches.”

The Histy by HOLY MONG August 17, 2026

the History Channel effect

Dumbing down a prestigious and serious scientific publication, website, or channel in order to appeal to the uneducated masses, cut the budget, and get higher ratings.

Have you seen the new National Geographic about ghosts? It got the History Channel effect, man.

the History Channel effect by SiriusWW February 28, 2016

the history of the entire world, i guess 

a genius video made by Bill Wurts, explaining the history of the entire world as he assumed by reading a lot of shit on Wikipedia, from the start of the universe to the current day. you should go watch it and subscribe to him.

"Have you seen "the history of the entire world, I guess"?"
"nope wtf is it"
"It's a funny video explaining the history of the universe"
"why"
"the sun is a deadly laser"

the history of the entire world, i guess by totiro May 31, 2017

The history of everness 

Since history began

Richard i love you more than ever, in the history of everness

The history of everness by Destiny AR January 20, 2011

no one has ever done this in the history of dota 

"No one has ever done this in the history of dota" was a particularly spicy meme from back when DOTA was relevant. Said by an official commentator of a DOTA championship after witnessing a particularly impressive play by one of the participants.

Generally used as a sarcastic meme if used at all, or used in montages of games which are not DOTA, for the meme potential.

"No one has ever done this in the history of dota" is one of the more difficult memes to pull off as it isn't as well known as many other memes. Main audience is gamers and montage watchers.

*during Widowmaker Overwatch montage* *teamkill*
(Screen freezes after the specific play is shown, and the screenshot is displayed in monochrome. Meme audio proceeds to play)

"No one has ever done this... No one has EVER done this in the history of dota!

no one has ever done this in the history of dota by CrazystormFaithfulMemester December 30, 2016

The Historian 

Is a thriller book by Elizabeth Kostova.

The novel tells the story of a young girl who is looking for her father who mysteriously disappear. Before he disappear her father began to tell her a story about his years in college, and after he disappear she found the continuation of the story in letters from her father directed to her. The story was about both, her father and mother, looking for the historical Vlad the Impaler,Dracula, in a search that took them to Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey.
At the end of the book she finds her father and mother,who found and killed Dracula.

librarian: "Hello Marcy."
student: " Hey, Mrs.Gibbs. I am looking for a book called The Historian, but i cant find it. Do you know if its interesting?"
librarian: " Oh, yeah. Its a marvelous book. Fallow me, I'll help you find it."

The Historian by maryankee August 23, 2008

the history of middle-earth

The History of Middle-earth (commonly referred to as HoME) is, like the better known Silmarillion, a compilation of the work of J.R.R. Tolkien put together and published by his son Christopher after his death. If your thought the Lord of the Rings was a brick you ain't seen nothing yet – HoME is comprised of twelve volumes of coffee table adorning glory (not including the index which gets its own book).

HoME is comprised of older versions of stories found elsewhere and material that didn't make it into the Lord of the Rings or the Silmarillion.

Met by cries “but this contradicts the canon!” HoME is frequently perused by hardcore Tolkien fans trying to figure out just how biased the imaginary in-universe authors of the texts really are and who the hell Tom Bombadil is anyway.

In addition to being an interesting read The History of Middle-earth can also be used to press laundry and kill cockroaches.

the history of middle-earth by Osprey Eamon February 7, 2015