Passengers waiting to board a plane who stalk around near and clog up the boarding gate before a flight, regardless of where their seat is or when boarding actually is.

The flight attendant became so irritated with the airport vultures that the flight was abruptly cancelled.

airport vultures by kayakbeat September 19, 2010

Word of the Day on September 23, 2010

Them Crooked Vultures

Them Crooked Vultures is a recently formed rock 'n roll supergroup that consists of Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Probot, etc.), John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), and Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age, Kyuss) doing drums, bass, and vocals/guitar respectively. Alain Joannes is also a rhythm guitarist for touring. Them Crooked Vultures first played live August 9th, 2009, at Chicago, and performed in more locations for the rest of the month.

Their eponymous debut album will be released November 17th, 2009. It has been described as bluesy, a little funky, and just plain original.

According to a recent interview with Grohl, the idea came when he was celebrating his birthday at a reserved bar with a medieval theme. He asked Homme and then they asked JPJ. It seemed that no one was busy or binded to anything else, so the band was made. An official tour was announced for October and December on September 1st. It includes North America and the UK. Tickets for the tour were sold out within minutes in the UK, and more locations for the tour include Germany.

This is probably one of the best things that happened in the first decade of the 21st century, and will certainly end this decade with a bang.

You guys saw the Them Crooked Vultures live? You, my friends, were a part of history!

Them Crooked Vultures by FirePaperMario November 2, 2009

vultures

Derogatory (although deserved) term for panhandlers after their method of sizing up who looks the most vulnerable to be hit up on for money, like the bird species which swoops around looking for what they think are weak and/or injured animals to consume.

I see some homeless people swooping all around me like vultures, time to make a abrupt turn away from them!

vultures by Piranha August 20, 2006

Traffic Vultures

British slang for traffic wardens who prey on innocent citizens especially when they only parked up for a few minutes. This often has a wider effect on society than people may realise.

Citizen: I only pulled up for a minute to drop a bag off at the charity shop and a swarm of traffic vultures came to my car. Now I'm going to have to pay £100 to line Croydon Council's pockets!

Traffic Vultures by Hugh Woat Meigh November 16, 2020

Vodka vultures

A group of girls in a club who circle and swoop in at the first sign of free vodka from unsuspecting male show offs

Be careful Henry, the vodka vultures are beginning to circle. Hide the Grey Goose

Vodka vultures by Gandolftheganderer June 25, 2017

NM6 vultures

someone who is deeply entwined in the beef between east and west side in North Miami living on 6th Ave . Commonly known as the vultures are not people to play around with, they take their name and their ave very serious. generally an NM6 vultures are mainly just gang member on 6th ave

see now when the NM6 vultures catch your ass throwing up Westside they gon bag your dumb ass

NM6 vultures by NM6ISO May 28, 2023

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

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