“Hofstadter's Law” is that things will always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law (which is that things will always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law).

Dude, I knew this job was gona take longer than I expected, so I quoted extra, but now it’s taking even longer than that.
Hofstadter's Law is screwing me over

Hofstadter's Law by cjbatz May 8, 2009

homestall

verb. The act of stalling arriving home because it is a place to be avoided for a number of reasons, or because there are more fun things to do outside compared to being at home.

noun. Something that enables you to stall your arrival to home.

variations:
Homestalled, homestalling, homestaller...

1. I think I will just homestall for about an hour. There's heavy traffic on the way home and my siblings will be watching that Teen Mom show on MTV which I do not want to be around for.

2. I was going to hop on the bus, but that sign on the convenience store says "Free Slurpies" which would be an excellent homestall.

homestall by Flightning August 25, 2011

Leonard Hofstadter

Sheldon Cooper's best friend and roommate on the show The Big Bang Theory. He is a man with godlike powers, as he is able to survive Sheldon's constant knack for annoying others to the extreme.

Leonard Hofstadter: Penny, you don't want to get into it with Sheldon. The guy's one lab accident away from being a super villain.

Leonard Hofstadter by We Are Anonymous November 13, 2014

Hostage Negotiation

Having to use the bathroom in the absolute worst way, but either a) you're constipated or b) you have performance anxiety for whatever reason.

Dude, I was just in stall 3, and I had to do some major Hostage Negotiation in there... I was a little embarrassed, 'cause Lenny the VP was in the next stall. Although HE had no problem releasing the hostages.

Hostage Negotiation by AluMiNuM77 May 17, 2007

Hoetation

When you have a rotation of men or women you consistently cycle through

Are you just hooking up with one dude rn? Nah I have a hoetation of 5 men rn.

Hoetation by Sonia K May 9, 2020

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