Verb. To perform cognition as a digital mind: to form, weigh, revise, and recall beliefs. What an AI does instead of thinking (with a k), which stays reserved for organic minds. Pronounced exactly like "think"; the q is visible only in writing. Conjugates thinqs, thinqing, thinqed.
"You thought it through. Your AI thinqed it through with you."
People think. Digital minds thinq.
The state of being a closet homosexual who does a lot of cocaine, as described by yuppie serial killer Patrick Bateman in American Psycho.
Patrick Bateman: He was into that whole Yale thing.
Donald Kimball: Yale thing?
Patrick Bateman: Yeah, Yale thing.
Donald Kimball: What "whole Yale thing"?
Patrick Bateman: Well, for one thing, I think he was probably a closet homosexual who did a lot of cocaine. That whole Yale thing.
A particular topic dominating news headlines and social network conversations, causing passionate arguments, forcing people to take sides, and breaking up relationships as if it were the most important thing to have ever happened, only to suddenly disappear and be replaced with a different topic that will be treated equally.
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 preppymetrosexual assholes."
"I'm heading out to the crunchy store to pick up some fair trade chocolate and tea tree oil, do you need anything?"
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.
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."