When someone looks good in a thumbnail picture, and you click on it only to find out they don't look nearly as good in the full picture, you've just been thumbnailed.

"Ooh, she looks hot."
*click*
"Dammit! Thumbnailed again!"

thumbnailed by ibbit June 28, 2009

Related Words

Thumb-gina • thumbin' around • Thumb in a softie • thumbing • thumbkin • thumbin' • thumbnail • thumbing it • Thumbelina • Thumbling

Cross-Thumbing

Cross-Thumbing is a technique developed by Dr. Mark Ringwald PhD. and Dr. Nick Pollack PhD. at their video gaming ergonomic laboratories at Brandeis University. The technique is mostly applied when playing the Nazi Zombie segment of "Call of Duty: World at War". The technique consists of controlling the right thumb stick of an XBox 360 controller with one's left thumb while the right thumb is occupied with pressing one of the four buttons above the right thumb stick. The crossing over of the left thumb across the center of the controller, and in said gaming application is most useful while rebuilding barriers in the zombie level's windows to slow down the flow of zombies in the house. The technique allows the player to repair said barrier as well as aim and dispatch targets within the level.

Holly shit Doo, did you see that fucking sick cross-Thumbing stabbing action on that mother fucker? I cut his fucking dome off, NOOCH!!!!!

Cross-Thumbing by Cactus Jack O'Malley March 5, 2009

Thumbnail

The cover photo for a YouTube video. Usually to get your attention or show what the video is about.

Put boobs in the thumbnail to get more views dude!

Thumbnail by TheRedBeanie__ July 20, 2016

Thumbing Your Nuts

Wasting time doing absolutely nothing. Usually in a work setting.

Dave: Have you accomplished anything today?

Paul: Hmmm, well, I did make some copies.

Dave: You've just been standing around thumbing your nuts, haven't you?

Thumbing Your Nuts by SteelerB56 February 28, 2011

Thumbnail Syndrome

The phenomenon in which someone seems far more attractive in the thumbnail version of a profile picture than they truly are.

I thought the girl who sent me a friend request was hot, but it turned out to be a case of Thumbnail Syndrome.

Thumbnail Syndrome by Ken_II July 27, 2009

thumbing in a softie

The term given to pushing a flaccid penis into the vagina.

Drunk dude: Im too pissed, its never gonna work
Female: Cmon work with it otherwise ill fuck your friends
Drunk dude: Well alright ill try thumbing in a softie.

thumbing in a softie by Jared Ellis January 18, 2008

Whale

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.

Concrete cowboy by EugeneJohnson42000 March 16, 2024

Word of the Day on September 20, 2026

hobo loko

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

God Shot

A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".

Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."

God Shot by Imogen1564 February 25, 2011

Word of the Day on September 18, 2026

city chicken

A food native to Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania in which cubes of pork and/or veal are put on a short, wooden skewer, breaded, then baked and/or fried.

I've heard that city chicken originated during the Great Depression, when folks didn't have enough money to buy full cuts of meat, so they assembled meat scraps on a wooden skewer, creating a make-shift drumstick. Hence the name.

Are yinz havin' city chicken for dinner?

city chicken by TRF August 31, 2006

Word of the Day on September 17, 2026

Is that cake?

Another way to say is this fake? Like the show real or cake

“Slayyyter just announced another album last night”
“No way, is that cake?”
“Yeah whoops this isn’t real”

Is that cake? by Sexyyred September 15, 2026

Word of the Day on September 16, 2026