An endocrine disease characterized by large limbs, protruding jaw, and a prominent forehead. These physical features are due to excessive secretion of IGF-1 (insulin growth factor-1) due to a tumor at the pituitary gland. Most humans and animals who have acromegaly are of unusually large stature and a tend to have other medical complications including resistant diabetes mellitus and cardiac disease.

"Whats up with that circus guy from Big Fish?"

-I don't know much about him other than he has acromegaly.

"Andre the Giant was the greatest wrestler/actor of all time AND has acromegaly!"

-Cool.

"I think Lurch from the Adam's family has acromegaly."

-I think you're right.

"Fuck, my cat has resistant diabetes and a high IGF level, I think he has acromegaly.

-MRI that bitch and lets find out.

Acromegaly by nomaticflower November 29, 2013

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acromantula

A race of giant spiders that inhabits the Forbidden Forest located outside of Hogwarts in the book Harry Potter. The first acromantula, Aragog, was brought to the forest by Hagrid during his stay as a student at Hogwarts.

Professor Slughorn happily drained the poison from the tentacles of the acromantula.

acromantula by Tiek00n January 26, 2006

Acromeme

An acronym that is commonly used over the internet so widely that the acronym itself becomes a meme used by many internet users.

Ex:
Acromeme's
lol (laugh out loud)
omg (oh my god)
wtf(what the fuck)
ftw (for the win/ fuck the world)
imo (in my opinion)
afk (away from keyboard)

Acromeme by Morgan Wallace February 19, 2011

acrombinating

To accomadate someone sexually in a very seductive manner.

He was acrombinating 7 women at once.

acrombinating by Chowder and Broccoli May 12, 2011

Acrombie

A small strong Female with Brown hair and Brown eyes. Involved Highly In gymnastics

Shit You acrombie, have a liscence for those guns???

Acrombie by Zinx& Acrombie & Lupin April 19, 2011

acroman

Acroman is a name for someone who uses so many unncessary acronyms in online conversation that it is both frustrating and amusing to talk to that person. They will even invent their own acronyms that no one else uses.

Me: Hi, Ben.
Ben: LOL. Hi. OIC.
Me: Want to get some food?
Ben: Let's go to BF in L.
Me: Where??? In Where???
Ben: Baja Fresh in Laffayette

Ben is an acroman!

acroman by Downvoting Victim September 10, 2006

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

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