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Part of a phrase in HP Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos. Translates roughly to, "dreams," "sleeps," or "waits."

The phrase - Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn - translates to, "In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming."

It is often shortened to, "Cthulhu fhtagn," which loosely translates to, "Cthulhu waits," or "Cthulhu dreams."
"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn."
-HP Lovecraft's Call of Cthulhu
Fhtagn by Shiranai April 22, 2008
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Word which roughly translates to waits/dreams/sleeps in a long forgotten tongue.
"Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!" Rejoice that Cthulhu sleeps.
fhtagn by Cyberserker June 22, 2008
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A crucial part of the chant which calls forth the attention of Cthulhu, who slumbers in dread R’lyeh.
"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!"
Fhtagn by Jacob Chesser March 31, 2004
An accessory worn under the kilt
<accent="Irish">Ia! Ia! I've caught me fhtagn!</accent>
Fhtagn by anonymous September 14, 2020

cthulhu fhtagn 

Shortened prayer of worshippers of Cthulhu Cult. In full "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn" - "In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming."

Cthulhu is fictional evil deity from stories of H.P. Lovecraft, first appearing in Call of Cthulhu from 1928.
no example of usin cthulhu fhtagn in normal conversation unless you´re a worshipper of Cthulhu.
cthulhu fhtagn by stripping_welsh January 8, 2012
It is said of the situation where a person has the bad luck to make contact with his testicles against an undefined surface or object, intentioned or not.
Given the nature of the word, it is more appropriate to design cases where the interaction is made with a moving object, for example, a ball.
Although it is extremely painful for the victim, it tends to be considerably funny to people who witness it.
Today in the baseball game the pitcher took a nutshot; the baseball hit him in the nuts.

Man, I just watched the funniest nutshot video ever.
Nutshot by Uberflaven March 1, 2009
Word of the Day on June 26, 2026

Nerd neck 

A "human" that spends so much time playing video games that their posture is level nerd neck. Everytime anyone goes tryhard they hunch down and their neck gets longer there fore a nerd neck is always hunched down cause they're always going try hard. In other words a nerd neck is a try hard, since their neck is 100% longer than the average human being due to playing too many video games and taking them serious, nerd necks are not even considered human anymore but something more sad. Nerd necks are often found on fortnite, their natural habitat usually being tilted towers.
What a fucking nerd neck!

He is building so fast, nerd neck!

Looser more like a nerd neck ha!
Nerd neck by D Sandwich Maker February 5, 2019
Word of the Day on June 25, 2026