A portmanteau of "Click-bait Headline".

A website news article headline that has been designed to elicit excitement, but can often lead to bitter disappointment. Much like my sex life.

Josh: What the heck is a Clickline?
Georgia: A click-bait headline, obviously.

Clickline by WillyTime July 14, 2021

Related Words

clisk • Click • click bait • click clacks • Clickbate • click click • clickable • Cisk • chiskers • ciska

dad click

Verb
1. The art of clumsily finding harm in any otherwise harmless software.
2. To become a magnet for technical glitches.
3. To impulsively activate computer interface elements without thinking or knowing.

"I didn't even TOUCH it, now it's DOING something!"
"No, you Dad Clicked."
--Regular Car Reviews (YouTube): 1978 Mercedes Benz CD300 W123, 3 minutes, 0 seconds

dad click by HCCRPCDrunkenMonkey July 21, 2016

flat clicker

it’s a 2D plane that glows
it’s a motion stabilisation plateau

you put a laser on it but it doesn’t come with a laser
a.k.a. a mouse pad

Customer: I'm looking for a flat clicker
Worker: I'm not sure of what that is
Customer near yelling: A FLAT CLICKER!!!!

flat clicker by his_mum August 8, 2019

Click factor

Value rating of a person based on how many mouse clicks or screen taps it takes to find their naked photos on the internet.

*Watching a movie*
Dude: Who's that girl? I'm going to check her click factor.
Dude: 3 clicks and I see her titties.
Other dude: Click factor of 3, not bad but she’s no star.

Click factor by The Nightfly August 19, 2020

click bait hero

click bait hero (n): an online Samaritan who saves many the pain of opening a sensationalised article by releasing the mundane details in the thread below, typically attaining top comment status.

TOP COMMENT: All you need to know is that Will Smith got his name because it is short for 'William'.

REPLY: You sir, are a click bait hero!

click bait hero by Spagalucci October 1, 2016

elephant clicking

When a technical person (developer, engineer, scientist, et al.) uses a UI tool to solve a problem instead of the command line or underlying program.

The 'elephant' comes from the PostgreSQL elephant and the many related SQL GUI clients that allow developers to avoid using SQL from the command line for queries. However, this phrase is not limited to PostgreSQL and can refer to any other GUI or related to tool that allows a user to click around to find their way.

This phrase originated at Even Financial, an incomparable Fintech company in the heart of NYC.

Alex: I use the debugger to step-through my code when there's unexpected behavior.

Ross: STOP ELEPHANT CLICKING, YOU ELEPHANT CLICKER!!!

elephant clicking by An_Unknown_Programmer May 10, 2018

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