Based on the express "keeping it on the down low," the term "downlowing" refers to a casual, and at the same time, secret, homosexual relationship, typically between black or latino men in small social gatherings - such as card games. Many of the men who participate in "downlowing" do not consider themselves gay, and many even have families.

Felix invited me to play dominoes with him and the boys this weekend, but I was told there's a lot of downlowing going on at those games, so I declined.

downlowing by Andrew August 19, 2004

Are you downloading?

Question asked by one player to another when a game suffers lag. Often used by gamers playing swos.

Housemate 1: "My game's lagging, are you downloading?"

Housemate 2: "No I'm not, it must be the guy in Germany."

Are you downloading? by RichT February 12, 2008

COMPULSIVE DOWNLOADING DISORDER

COMPULSIVE DOWNLOADING DISORDER (CDD)

Is an anxiety disorder characterized by uncontrollable, wanted thoughts of DOWNLOADING Anything and everything you feel compelled to have or don't have.

SYMPTOMS INCLUDE-

TERA-UNIVERSING:
The Overwhelming feeling that there is never enough storage space on a terabyte or larger hard drive even when half full.

BYTE-NIBBLING:
The refusal to download any thing larger than 500 megabytes in order to conserve storage space.

TORRENT-SURFING:
Searching for the smallest possible torrent file size saving even more storage space and gaining faster downloading speeds allowing you to download more at once.

MAGA-DRIVING:
Excessively shopping online for external hard drives with more storage space just to have an extras. Also known as (GIG HOPPING)

(CDD)

Was searching for a certain TV series and was compelled to download others. COMPULSIVE DOWNLOADING DISORDER

COMPULSIVE DOWNLOADING DISORDER by COMPULSIVE DOWNLOADING DISORDE February 17, 2017

binge downloading

Downloading many, many albums, movies etc. when you realise it's the end of the month and you want your month's worth of downloading. Usually done so the rest of the month has Broadband-speed internet.

"Any albums you want while I'm binge downloading?"

binge downloading by psychedelic_fuzz June 23, 2007

drive-by downloading

operator being tricked into giving permission to download without realizing the download contains malware.

fake anti-virus scams are almost always nothing more than drive-by downloading

drive-by downloading by patnoyb February 19, 2012

Drunk Downloading

Getting shittanked and downloading something you would not otherwise download.

Brent downloaded 16 gigs of Captain Planet in a drunk downloading stupor.

Drunk Downloading by Mattius459 September 10, 2011

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