A term used in certain sports that involve intimidation. When you have 2 intimidating people, you don't put them one right after the other. That would be a mountain. If you spread out the intimidating people, you make a plateau. This is to ensure that throughout the whole game there will always be an intimidating person to come.

Big Intimidating Guy 1: Are you going to bat after me in this inning?
Big Intimidating Guy 2: No, we need an intimidation plateau.
Big Intimidating Guy 1: A what?
Big Intimidating Guy 2: An intimidation plateau.
Big Intimidating Guy 1: Ok.

intimidation plateau by MarrBond November 9, 2006

intimidation plateau

intimidation plateau by MarrBond November 9, 2006

intimidation chain

Like the food chain, but for intimidation.

Frogs are at the top of the intimidation chain because they scare everyone.

intimidation chain by Gornon17 April 8, 2019

Intimidation of Bams

A large group of Bams is called an 'intimidation'.

The likely origin of this term is believed to come from the anti-social behaviour of bams and the general anxiety and fear a large group of bams can provoke when gathering in numbers.

Hold up, big man! Dinnae cross th' street! There's a massive intimidation of bams 'roon that bus stop!

Intimidation of Bams by Tiberius Baltimore January 5, 2021

Intimidation Factor

- something done to deliberately instill fear in someone
-an intimidation tactic
-something about an individual/group that is intimidating to others

our team captain is big and strong- he's the teams greatest intimidation factor

Intimidation Factor by MiseryMatrix January 17, 2023

voter intimidation

When you go to vote and a hate group like Black Panthers is standing outside the door with military year on.

Philadelphia had several cases of voter intimidation during the 2012 presidential election. There were also suspicions of voter fraud since every single vote cast in the city was for Obama.

voter intimidation by n'easterner June 9, 2014

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