Skip to main content
Urban Dictionary Merch
Your favorite words on things you can wear, drink from, read, or give to a friend.
The Urban Dictionary Store sells gifts you’ll have to explain.

microsofting 

its a verb used to describe the act of overcomplicating a good/ok idea and then making a mess which decreases the progress of the idea as well as harms limits its reach.
in short f***ing up.
microsoft: let's build a piece of code which helps common people write word documents. yes now let's add a few 100-200 features so that common people have to watch tutorial to learn how to operate our software.

Google: yeah let's remove those features and make it easy for people to use.

Discord: yes, we just made the perfect messaging and chatting platform for teenagers. Now let's f***ing put out more an more features to ease the use.
teenagers: stop f***ing microsofting.
microsofting by gill_bates August 3, 2021

microsofting 

When an important person in Microsoft decides to release unimportant feature updates to their operating system and stuffs the system with bloatware. (microsofting)
Example: "The microsofting era has begun yet again."

Microsoftie 

I thought James was going to take the job with Sony, but he chose to be a Microsoftie instead.
Microsoftie by hadal September 12, 2004

Microsoftian 

A 'Microsoftian' view is one that only supports what is already desired; disingenuous and pretentious at the same time.

Can be applied outside Microsoft discussions.

Slang, offensive.

See also 'formwhoring'.
"Please select which program you use for office documents:
A] Microsoft Office 2000
B] Microsoft Office 97
C] Microsoft Office Pro
D] Microsoft ...
E] Microsoft ...
F] Microsoft ...
G] Microsoft ..."

('Microsoftian' in that you can only choose 'Microsoft' from the list. This list does not allow users to select 'Star Office', 'Open Office', 'Applixware', etc., all of which are office software suites that are in current use but are also NOT Microsoft software.)

And

"He said he wanted Chinese take out, but his Microsoftian demeanor during discussions left us no choice but to get italian take-out."
Microsoftian by mmmna September 21, 2007

Microsoftened 

When a software package is bought out by a well known development company, and no longer works as well as it used to.
Skype used to be awesome, but now it's been Microsoftened!
Microsoftened by VortyZA August 25, 2011

Microsoftie 

M$ Fan boy, always states that M$ are the best and cant be beaten
Guy1: PS2 and GC SUCK! XBOX ROOLS!
Guy2: YA MUM!
Microsoftie by Arkz September 12, 2004
More from Urban Dictionary
Millennial optimism may be gone, but Gen Z whimsy (WhimZ) is in.
WhimZ by WhimZ! November 5, 2026
Word of the Day on November 13, 2026

Frothability 

The measure of an emotional and over zealous consumer in an upwardly charging market, also known as a bull market. It's characterized by rising asset prices, increased investor confidence, and favorable growth in the markets, bro.
The frothability was evident as over-zealous consumers eagerly engaged in bidding wars, driving property prices to unsustainable levels reminiscent of previous speculative bubbles.
Frothability by cptn.kagaroo1 January 26, 2024
Word of the Day on November 12, 2026

Soul digger

A man who dates women with the sole purpose of exploiting their time, energy, and labor while he sucks the joy and happiness from their lives.
"That guy's a soul digger. He'll expect you to work full time, but you'll be doing all the cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping, and childcare while he plays video games or watches TV."
Soul digger by anonymous November 11, 2026
Word of the Day on November 11, 2026

pod person 

A person pretending to be something they aren't, or an impostor. This is inferred because of the old alien movies where alien pods appear on earth and the "pod people" dispose of the humans and slowly reproduce the bodies, pretending to be humans.
The pod person was pretending to be my father, but I knew that he was an alien when he acted differently than my father ever would have.
pod person by Christopher M. May 9, 2005
Word of the Day on November 10, 2026
Load more