A more proper term to describe what many call Brostep and a subgenre of Dubstep lacking dub, sub-bass wobble and sub-bass. Usually incorporates an aggressive sound complete with extreme midrange wobble (sounding like a metal guitar) and heavy drops.

Mark: "Oh, you listen to 'real' Dubstep, don't you? Are you one of those people that call my music Brostep?"

Matt: "Although I don't like your obsession with Skrillex, I respect your music choices and prefer to call it Metalstep, which sounds like the music you listen too."

Metalstep by r4nd0mXn4m3 January 23, 2012

metaliteral

When a statement is both metaphorical and literal at the same time.

Justin's friends wanted him to wake up metaliterally, both from his state of sleep and to the fact that he was wasting his days being a hermit in his room.

metaliteral by Ruck87 March 10, 2008

Metalitopia

An overwhelming feeling of purity and perfect peace of the state of mind that is free from craving, anger and other afflictive states while one is a listening to or attending a Heavy Metal concert. The philosophical concept that we all could live in a perfect world if everyone just listened to a little metal music.

"Are you going to Children of Bodom next month?" "Definitely bro, it'll be metalitopia!"

Metalitopia by MetallicDevil September 4, 2009

metalsexual

1. One who has an extreme fascination with heavy metal music and its many forms over all other music genres.
2. One who, if the embodiment of heavy metal were the same gender as that person, would have immediate sexual relations with the aforementioned music genre.

"You'd listen to DragonForce over Journey any day? What are you, a metalsexual?"

metalsexual by Ryan Stockton May 21, 2008

Metalternative

The fusion of Heavy Metal and Alternative music.

Dude 1:TOOL'S HEAVY METAL!

Dude 2:Meh, Tool's alternative.

Dude 1: TOOL'S Metalternative.

Metalternative by Don Omni February 10, 2010

crunchy

Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.

Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.

Modified derivative of granola.

"I need more crunchy guys in my life. I'm so tired of dating preppy metrosexual assholes."

"I'm heading out to the crunchy store to pick up some fair trade chocolate and tea tree oil, do you need anything?"

crunchy by EBC July 11, 2007

Word of the Day on September 24, 2026

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