A self-taught person that lives an intellectual life without help from a teacher, or any form of education.

A person that spends most of their time researching, learning and discovering things on their own behalf.

"That boy is such an autodidact!"
"He likes to teach himself, because he is an autodidact."

autodidact by THebert August 18, 2012

Related Words

autocidal • autodidact • autocalligraphile • AutoCADaver • autocaligraphile • Autocalling • autocalypse • Autocicle • autodidactic • autodidactyls

AutoCADaver

What occurs to a person's computer after AutoCAD crashes from lack of video processing capabilty.

Where'd that object go? Wait... what the fuck?! Runtime error? Oh this piece of shit is about to become an AutoCADaver! Where's my bat??

AutoCADaver by 12 Gauge Surgeon March 18, 2010

autocalligraphile

Someone who loves or is obsessed with their own handwriting

Created by the amazing Philip Natt

Mr Natt is such an autocalligraphile

autocalligraphile by nonexistenteyebrows February 17, 2020

autoical illusion

When your going to park in a parking lot and you think you see a good parking spot, but in reality it is just a big car blocking a little car.

ryan: shweet im so hungry for stir crazy theres a good parking space close thats crazy

cory: nice im hungry too

ryan: oh shit its just a gay smart car behind a gmc hybrid

cory: damn thats an autoical illusion if ive ever seen one and i have

ryan: "cunt crunk tree for life"

autoical illusion by Charles Ancum May 25, 2010

autodidactyls

autodidact: a self-taught person.

pterodactyl: extinct flying reptiles.

autodidactyls: extinct self-taught flying reptiles

"'autodidactyls' are extinct because they didn't teach themselves how to fly very well and they all crashed and burned." - says a satirist

autodidactyls by Pseudonymthewild@gmail.com February 11, 2013

autocaligraphile

a form of witing invented by a marvellous communications teacher

student: wow thats some neato writing Mr. N
Mr. N: yeah i know, i call it autocaligraphile
student: interesting..
Mr. N: yeah i no <3

autocaligraphile by gulz April 21, 2008

You met me at a very Chinese time in my life

A moment in time where you feel distinctly Chinese over all other things.

Dante: "I wish I could be Nigerian, but I can't because I'm Chinese. You met me at a very Chinese time in my life."

You met me at a very Chinese time in my life by Sus Chad September 21, 2026

Word of the Day on September 25, 2026

crunchy

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 preppy metrosexual assholes."

"I'm heading out to the crunchy store to pick up some fair trade chocolate and tea tree oil, do you need anything?"

crunchy by EBC July 11, 2007

Word of the Day on September 24, 2026

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