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The act of removing any connection one has with a ‘tagged’ photo on Facebook by clicking the ‘remove-tag’ link which appears under the photo.
This is usually done when the person tagged in the photo is drunk, partially naked, making a horrible face, or all of the above.
“Oh my gosh - James posted the worst picture of me from last night - I had to de-tag it!”
de-tag by M. J. January 1, 2009
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removing your name (tag) from a photo on facebook
"so horrifically embarrassingly drunk last night, had to detag like a fiend this morning"
detag by Allumette January 13, 2008
Related Words

Serial Detagger 

The act of de-tagging all the pictures of yourself that have been uploaded on Facebook or similar websites.
A: How come none of the pictures of Jen are tagged?
B: She's just a serial detagger!
Serial Detagger by McHug April 12, 2010
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Verb (it's what you do)
1) The act of removing one's self, usually represented as a label or a tag, from a facebook picture that either depicts the individual under incriminating circumstances or being inebriated while doing something humiliating.
2) The act of coining a weird word like "detag" just so you can sound even remotely cool. Well, this person in particular is cool, regardless.
3) This might actually be a weird Facebook jargon I'm completely unaware of. So...my bad!
Hieu had some pretty revealing pictures of himself on facebook, in which some idiot tagged -- so now the whole world knows about his dirty little secrets. Then he talked to Christine about it and she threw out the word "detag" so that I can untag myself. Problem solved.
detag by Christine Buiiiiiiii December 21, 2008

detagged 

the incorrect way of saying untagged, removing a tag from a photo on facebook
I looked disgusting so I detagged myself.
detagged by notpajayjay January 25, 2011

bang a you-ee 

of Massachusetts orig. "to make a u-turn"
hey, we missed the bar, bang a you-ee
Word of the Day on July 19, 2026
The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.
"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"
Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013
Word of the Day on July 18, 2026