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The dingnat is characterized primarily by how annoying they are, but the most essential element of their behavior is a resolute refusal to be considerate of how other people's perspectives and feelings differ from their own while refusing to take responsibility.

Root: A combination of "dingus" and "gnat." Gnats are annoying little pesks, but's that's not their fault. Bugs don't choose to exist. Dingnats are similar, but they're human. Not only do they choose to exist, they refuse to take responsibility for their own burden of existence. Dingnats insist on making their problems everyone else's.
"My roommate is always trying to keep distracted so he plays music loud af 24/7... such a dingnat."
"Every time Becky breaks up she wants everyone to get involved. She's such a dingnat."
dingnat by just another dingnat September 1, 2019
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No I didn't dingbat listen! I said Brooke is your mother speaking-
Get your finger out of my face!
Dingbat by burnedgrucci August 23, 2020
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Diggnation 

An awesome pod/videocast with former G4-TechTV hosts Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht. They cover most of the man stories on digg.com. It is just over a month old and is on most top-ten podcast lists.
Diggnation is a truely great podcast.
Diggnation by Sanctums September 1, 2005
A ridiculous, silly or stupid person.

The word 'dingbat' originally refers to to a character or symbol used in typesetting which gives an instruction to the printer. These should be removed before the text is published, but were occasionally left in by mistake. The character made no sense to non-typesetters and the association of "dingbat" with "nonsense" and "forgetfulness" carried over to describe people.
Julia's such a dingbat, I asked her to buy me yogurt and she got me cream.

This end of year report is riddled with inaccuracies. Looks like we've got a dingbat in the mix.

(sarchastic) Nice one Paul, a spectacular display of ding-battery.
Dingbat by StaticRabbit January 14, 2010
A term used to describe a very stupid or unintelligent action or person. Has nothing to do with bats or ding.

Synonyms are: dumb, stupid, brainless etc.
Hope asked Emily what a dingbat was since Emily calls her a dingbat very often. Emily then reposponded by calling Hope a dingbat.
Dingbat by E.W! December 7, 2015
In Kentucky, a slang term for somebody so daft that they LITERALLY don't know which way is up.
"That dingbat couldn't tell the difference between a six and a nine!"
dingbat by Norm DeGuerre May 24, 2013
“was it good??”
“no he had a dingwat”
dingwat by DINGWAT DICK SUCKER April 10, 2019
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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
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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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