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the past tense of the acronym CHOWN, meaning to change ownership in the world of computer files and geeks
After disconnecting and logging, a description file is written, both files will be chown'ed to the right user and the recorded message will be mailed to him/her.
chown'ed by Sean August 10, 2004
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John Chow'ed 

When Google completely owns you, and you don't rank for anything on Google besides your domain.
Dude: "I had 100 results in Google last week, and now I have 0"

Dude2: "lol, you got John Chow'ed"
John Chow'ed by Imgtags June 15, 2008
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sex ed clown 

Lanky Kong's current job.
Give creepy lectures with penis and vulva puppets.
$64,439 per year
He earned a degree in a college town and decided to work as a sex ed clown. Now he has a penis puppet and a vulva puppet too. And he'll give a creepy lecture just for you
sex ed clown by Urban Wildlife November 29, 2023
what the fuck are you guys talking about, chowned is a clever combination of chown (the unix command) and owned (the lol-maker). they both share 3 letters chOWNed so that makes it clever. someone please remove the other definitions from the dictionary because they are ludicous and offensive. also, dongs.
lol chowned, dick...
chowned by aichains September 13, 2008
To change ownership. Usable in any situation where someone or something loses possession to someone or something else. When the act occurs, someone exclaims "chowned!" loudly accompanied by snapping fingers, then pointing in a taunting fashion, often at the person or thing being chowned.
He chowned the apartment building jacuzzi last night when that chick made him jizz in it unexpectedly. Its his now.
chowned by jupdog October 7, 2009
Dude, my sister's boyfriend got totally Chowned last month.
chowned by Chowned May 13, 2007
To be purposely killed by a teammate in an online game (teamkilled).
Damn, last night we were getting totally Chowned in Counterstrike by some jerk dropping grenades at our spawn point. Felt like being on the Virginia Tech server.
chowned by Chowned May 13, 2007
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Acronym, meaning Too Long Didn't Understand
Similar to TLDR
Sister: This meeting was to discuss the rough draft of my essay, where we discussed the subsidiary questions I added in my rough draft. We also discussed the relationship between my main title and the real-life situations I chose to use in my essay. We discussed the structure of my essay as well, specifically the Math AOK section and how it relates to the contradiction of the title. This second meeting was particularly helpful in discussing the implications of my essay claims and how to apply the title across various areas of knowledge. There were many sections of the essay that could have been cut down in wordiness and the ways of knowing required further and more in-depth analysis.

Me: Woah! TLDU!
TLDU by L-Evans January 14, 2019
Word of the Day on August 30, 2026
the act of having anonymous sexual encounters with other men in public toilets.
Cottaging by greeef April 24, 2003
Word of the Day on August 29, 2026

Salad Days 

green inexperienced youthful judgement and cold blooded execution of those judgements.

Rashness with little concern of consequence.

Antony and Cleopatra. William Shakespeare

"My salad days,
When I was green in judgment, cold in blood."

- William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, 1.5
"How did you end up in jail?"

"Salad days, 'nuf said."
Salad Days by GilbyRFC0 October 7, 2011
Word of the Day on August 28, 2026

age gate 

An absolutely foolproof way to keep minors from viewing content deemed "too mature" for them to watch.
Billy: "So I was trying to watch some videos for an M rated game, and I ran into an age gate, so I put in my real birthday. SOMEHOW it managed to figure out that I am 12. CURSE YOU AGE GATE!!!"

Bill: "Fucking age gate! *quick scroll* THERE! I was born on January 1, 1904. Fuck you age gate."
age gate by Banja January 7, 2011
Word of the Day on August 27, 2026

board chow 

A)
The Crud that collects under the keys in a keyboard. Usually more severe in the keyboards of programmers and webmasters as they tend to spend a lot of time at the the computer and thus eat at their desk. Mainly affecting IBM Model M (clicly) style boards.

B)
Can also be used to gross out Non-Techie people
A)
Bill: want to go to the club?
Bob: No, I've got to clean out my board chow, keys are starting to stick.

B)
Bill: Want to go out to get a bite?
Bob: No, i am just going to have some of my board chow/
Bill: Whats' that?
Bob: The food scraps that collect in my keyboard; Want some?
Bill: *GAG* *HURL* *GAG*
board chow by BinaryHackerMan September 3, 2007
Word of the Day on August 26, 2026

young pup 

a young person, a young adult in their late teens/early 20s.
Ah, you're just a young pup at 23!
young pup by the dog May 30, 2006
Word of the Day on August 25, 2026
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