Words that have been overused so much that they practically lose their meaning or punch. The result is now the word can now be used in a much more general term which results in a death spiral for the word since the effect snowballs.

Numb nuts: I‘m LITERALLY deceased.

Person B: Do you mean figuratively? Who am I kidding, welp, gotta add it to my „Misused Words list.“

Misused words by 1kilkilkil May 14, 2019

mizouse

A mizouse is a mouse

"Always at my PC double clickin' on my mizouse" --Weird Al Yankovic - It's All About the Pentiums

mizouse by David Barnes March 28, 2004

email misuse

When a user employs email for situations that should be handled face to face; the use of email as an avoidance technique; use of email for passive-aggressive means

"John. You're a gutless jerk," wrote Jesse as she exhibited email misuse to her recipient.

email misuse by Bryan Hurlbut May 16, 2008

mikusexual

A sexual orientation in which one is sexually attracted to the virtual popstar hatsune miku and variants of her. Mikusexual people can be attracted to hatsune miku, mikudayo, shiteyanyo, zatsune miku, hatsune mikuo, hachune miku, and other fanloids designed to represent miku. Not included is kagami kawaiine, because she is not miku chan san tan sama kun, and other fanloids not designed to represent miku.

"Mikusexual is such a great and valid sexuality!"
"fuck off pleb"

mikusexual by jellyfish288 January 26, 2021

mizuena

mizuena, mzen, etc. the ship between mizuki akiyama and ena shinonome from the hit rhythm game project sekai. i hate them

mizuki: that was a lie. i lied to her just now
(i need to put “mizuena” here so it submits)

mizuena by nepeta August 9, 2023

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

city chicken

A food native to Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania in which cubes of pork and/or veal are put on a short, wooden skewer, breaded, then baked and/or fried.

I've heard that city chicken originated during the Great Depression, when folks didn't have enough money to buy full cuts of meat, so they assembled meat scraps on a wooden skewer, creating a make-shift drumstick. Hence the name.

Are yinz havin' city chicken for dinner?

city chicken by TRF August 31, 2006

Word of the Day on September 17, 2026

Is that cake?

Another way to say is this fake? Like the show real or cake

“Slayyyter just announced another album last night”
“No way, is that cake?”
“Yeah whoops this isn’t real”

Is that cake? by Sexyyred September 15, 2026

Word of the Day on September 16, 2026