It’s an adjective; it means able to adjust to new conditions or capable of being modified for a new purpose. It can be applied to both people and objects and some authorities say that being adaptable, able to cope with changing conditions, is why humans are the dominant life form on earth.
It is frequently used in the workplace to describe someone who can handle anything and is capable of taking on the jobs that would have others scratching their heads until they got splinters under their fingers. It is also used to describe members of the British armed forces, one reason, perhaps, why they are the best in the world.

People are adaptable when conditions change.
The telephone was sufficiently adaptable to go mobile and send texts.

Adaptable by AKACroatalin May 19, 2015

Adoptable

A term usually seen on furry art sites such as DeviantART, Inkbunny, etc. An adoptable is a custom-made cartoon/furry character, specificly made to be sold to someone who is unoriginal and/or too lazy to make their own unique character. Adoptables are usually auctioned off and end up going for ridiculous amounts, even surpassing $200 at times.

Artist: Adoptable for auction! She is an adorable husky with a big love for cookies!

Guy 1: I bid $10!
Guy 2: NO! I get to have her! $20!
Guy 1: $30!
Guy 2: $100!! No, $200!!!
Guy 1: Chill, dude. You can have her, jeez.

Adoptable by Shadow Silverclaw March 29, 2015

Adaptable Vegetarian

A vegetarian that can adapt their dietary views according to nutritional requirments without any guilt or fear of persucution.

An adaptable vegetarian would choose to eat meat at a special occassion such as Christmas time or when iron levels have diplinished.

Adaptable Vegetarian by Namnij Telracs May 16, 2009

Adaptable-ish

adaptable-ish adaptable

I was once asked in an interview how adaptable I am. I replied “adaptable-ish”.

The art of being adaptable, kind-of...

Adaptable-ish by AmandaRae41012 March 18, 2019

Furry adoptable

Usually a character made by someone (they can be a furry or not, but it’s usually a furry, so that’s why the name is there) and sold for real money, a character, art, virtual currency, etc.

Did you see that rainbow furry adoptable? I’m willing to pay 20$ for it!

Furry adoptable by Furrywordslol October 5, 2021

Adaptable Rizz

Being able to generate a rizz line based on the topic of the conversation.

Female specimen: I really like ice cream.
Adaptable rizz user: Wanna see me cream then?

Adaptable Rizz by thefrogiscoming. February 2, 2025

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