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Description of someone so worried about their carbon footprint that they get totally paranoid about everything they do, especially using electrical objects.
- Hey, how come the lights are out in your place?

- I'm just too powernoid to switch anything on now. One more ounce of juice could be the tipping point for the whole planet.
powernoid by klein5 January 18, 2010
Words you can keep
When you freak out by lights being left on after seeing last months power bill.
Angela was totally powernoid after getting $3000 power bill.
Powernoid by icwish January 5, 2022
Being paranoid of others with a lot of power, paranoid about your own power, paranoid of power in general.
When Bush was elected into presidency for the second time, I felt powernoid about such stupidity running the United States for yet another grueling four years.

powernoia 

noun. A mental condition characterized by anxiety about the remaining battery life of your portable electronic devices. Sufferers will spend all their time worrying about how to charge their device and will be extremely anxious when the low battery warnings appear on their gadgets, especially when away from a power socket.
Enrique bought a really expensive solar panelled back pack to charge his phone from, in order to reduce the powernoia he feels when away from a power socket for any length of time. He finds it particularly useful on his "special mushroom" picking expeditions in the forest.
powernoia by teleski75 May 8, 2011

powerpointless 

A long-drawn corporate presentation full of jargon and acronyms that doesn't make any point.
Dave - Damn, I dozed off in the middle of the presentation, What'd I miss?

Matt - Nothing much, it was pretty much powerpointless.
powerpointless by evil0verl0rd October 23, 2009

PowerPoint Karaoke 

When the presenter of a PowerPoint presentation is reading straight off the slide and not expanding on what is written.
"She's just reading straight off the slide! She may as well let us read it rather than read it out to us - it's PowerPoint Karaoke, I tells ya!"
PowerPoint Karaoke by TeRRa4 October 21, 2011

poweraid 

a power washer for aids
bring the poweraid a dude got aids
poweraid by pewdieboi69420 February 7, 2019
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Salad Days 

green inexperienced youthful judgement and cold blooded execution of those judgements.

Rashness with little concern of consequence.

Antony and Cleopatra. William Shakespeare

"My salad days,
When I was green in judgment, cold in blood."

- William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, 1.5
"How did you end up in jail?"

"Salad days, 'nuf said."
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age gate 

An absolutely foolproof way to keep minors from viewing content deemed "too mature" for them to watch.
Billy: "So I was trying to watch some videos for an M rated game, and I ran into an age gate, so I put in my real birthday. SOMEHOW it managed to figure out that I am 12. CURSE YOU AGE GATE!!!"

Bill: "Fucking age gate! *quick scroll* THERE! I was born on January 1, 1904. Fuck you age gate."
age gate by Banja January 7, 2011
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board chow 

A)
The Crud that collects under the keys in a keyboard. Usually more severe in the keyboards of programmers and webmasters as they tend to spend a lot of time at the the computer and thus eat at their desk. Mainly affecting IBM Model M (clicly) style boards.

B)
Can also be used to gross out Non-Techie people
A)
Bill: want to go to the club?
Bob: No, I've got to clean out my board chow, keys are starting to stick.

B)
Bill: Want to go out to get a bite?
Bob: No, i am just going to have some of my board chow/
Bill: Whats' that?
Bob: The food scraps that collect in my keyboard; Want some?
Bill: *GAG* *HURL* *GAG*
board chow by BinaryHackerMan September 3, 2007
Word of the Day on August 26, 2026

young pup 

a young person, a young adult in their late teens/early 20s.
Ah, you're just a young pup at 23!
young pup by the dog May 30, 2006
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