furgatory

A friend in your social network that you have hidden or is otherwise not in your circles or streams.

I didn't want to offend him by unfriending him, so I put sent him to furgatory.

furgatory by jkdufair September 17, 2012

furgatory

The state of a defunct art website when most mainstream traffic has migrated to other platforms and the overwhelming majority of top posts are pieces depicting "furry" or anthropomorphic subjects. Most commonly observed on websites whose purpose is being "like that one site you know, but slightly different, and we promise the community will be better this time".

Pillowfort might have been a replacement for Tumblr, but it has descended into furgatory.

furgatory by bonkleton July 1, 2023

Myspace Purgatory 

This is the level of Internet Purgatory dedicated to old myspace profiles. A profile found here will most likely never be updated again but is also unlikely to get deleted. This may happen when a user forgets their password, is hacked, goes to prison, dies, or even when they simply abandon their myspace profile.

In case of a death, the profile can usually be found listed on mydeathspace. However, not all profiles on the site are in Myspace Purgatory. Many are updated by friends who knew the user's password, and are thus still in the mortal plane.

When a profile is hacked, the fate of the profile depends mostly on the motive of the hacker. A hacker looking to break into accounts to eventually hack an e-mail or paypal account is likely to leave the profile as it had been left by the original user's last update. If a hacker is out to get a particular user, the profile may be altered to include obscene information and doctored photographs. The profile is not officially in purgatory until the hacker has abandoned the page and is no longer updating.

This is quickly becoming the most common type of Internet Purgatory as Myspace expands to include more and more members who know very little about the internet and are apt to use their boyfriend's name or even "password" as their password. The frequency of this is likely to continue to increase.

A profile may occasionally find it's way out of purgatory - this either happens when a user solves their login problems and returns or when the page is entirely deleted.

The original owner of a myspace profile located in Purgatory is themself also considered to be in Purgatory for as long as the profile is there.

Shotgotbang666SexySweptBangs can't get into her myspace anymore! Unless she can fix this, she'll be stuck in Myspace Purgatory forever!

Myspace Purgatory by Ashley Harrington September 18, 2006

password purgatory 

The delay experienced after incorrectly typing your Windows login password, before you are allowed another chance to enter it.

I mashed the keys too much typing my password, so now I'm stuck in password purgatory

password purgatory by vaeren August 20, 2008

internet purgatory 

The state of a website that will most likely never be updated again but also is unlikely to be deleted for an indefinate amount of time. This may happen when a site is hacked, when an owner loses their e-mail access or password, or when the author dies or otherwise disappears from the internet. In the case of a myspace profile, this is called myspace purgatory. The most common victim is freely hosted websites, as no fees must be paid to keep the page available.

I don't know why I keep checking for updates, it's obvious that the site is stuck in Internet purgatory.

internet purgatory by Ashley Harrington September 18, 2006

jurgatory 

The unfortunate position of being on a panel of jurors for an extended period of time, with no foreseeable end in sight. Court limbo.

"Sorry I couldn't make it to your show yesterday; I've been stuck in jurgatory for the past two weeks."

"I've been in jurgatory for so long, I'm now friends with everyone at the Quiznos across the street from the courthouse."

jurgatory by SuSpencer March 10, 2017

Sock Purgatory 

The random container that just happens to be near the dryer that all of the unmatched socks get deposited in.

You: There is an unmatched pair of socks in my drawer!

Me: Did you check Sock Purgatory?

You: Oh great. Another game of sock bingo coming up. <Insert the Price is Right loser horn sound here>

Sock Purgatory by TheLaundryMan January 4, 2010