The opposite of a troll in an online community. While a troll looks for attention and chaos, gnomes work quietly in the background fixing things. They usually frequent forums or wikis, organizing information and fixing errors.
1. I changed Sarah Jessica Parker's picture on wikipedia to a horse, but some gnome fixed it before I could show anyone.
2. I never know where to post new topics, I just stick them somewhere random and the gnomes come and put them where they belong.
2. I never know where to post new topics, I just stick them somewhere random and the gnomes come and put them where they belong.
by Gnominus March 29, 2013
1) "I was beating that gnome the other day and my girl starts crying!"
2) "So I said, girl, I'm gonna give you some gnome tonight, if you'll give me that dome."
2) "So I said, girl, I'm gonna give you some gnome tonight, if you'll give me that dome."
by supatitzmagee January 23, 2009
verb. To remove or limit a software feature that everybody likes except the developer.
Originating from the Linux GNOME project, that repeatedly did this despite community complaints, even down to the point where they removed the ability to run programs by double-clicking on them. You have to use terminal now wtf.
Originating from the Linux GNOME project, that repeatedly did this despite community complaints, even down to the point where they removed the ability to run programs by double-clicking on them. You have to use terminal now wtf.
"Woah, where did my icons go?"
"Dude, they gnomed it yesterday. The developer woke up and decided he hated people that used icons."
"Wtf?"
"Dude, they gnomed it yesterday. The developer woke up and decided he hated people that used icons."
"Wtf?"
by floatmyboat23 May 15, 2018
To take ones equipment without asking and having absolutely no right to. Sharpies are excluded from this category of stolen goods.
by big hot mj June 25, 2009
person 1: "bro you look like a gnome"
person 2: "yeah"
person 1: "you like 2'2"
person 2: "yeah"
person 1: "so how was your day gnome"
person 2: "yeah"
person 2: "yeah"
person 1: "you like 2'2"
person 2: "yeah"
person 1: "so how was your day gnome"
person 2: "yeah"
by mokeforjesus November 29, 2018
by my cool September 6, 2017
A garden toy that is often given as an award for a person that makes an ass of themselves at parties.
Did you see that girl, she was so drunk at that party she made out with an old guy, she deserves a gnome award.
by CanadianAnalyst November 4, 2011