silent key

A term used by ham radio operators as a term of respect for a deceased ham. Comes from the Morse code prosign SK, which means "end of transmission".

W1AW went silent key many years ago, but the ARRL that he founded still uses his callsign to identify their station.

silent key by Lady Csyde January 12, 2005

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silent keyboard

A term coined in January, 2004 on Fark.com as a term of honor for a departed member of an online community. Derives from the ham radio expression silent key and is abbreviated SKB.

In memory of Darkhop, gone SKB... we'll miss you, man

silent keyboard by Lady Csyde January 12, 2005

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silentleynessa

a roblox tiktoker who went “famous” over her “hey wats up... wtf AuHoJOSJiah eW, WhAt The Actual Fuck OhOiHoUojOj” video, and is now saying “it was a joke” LMAOO😭

“silentleynessa is so cringy and annoying”

silentleynessa by vvsksksiekw February 13, 2021

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breatharian

One whos diet consists of air, light, and prana, with a possible sip of water now and then.

The breatharian has air, light, and prana for food.

breatharian by leena gabor November 8, 2005

Word of the Day on June 3, 2026

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A Booger In The Nose Of Progress

Anything that impedes or otherwise interferes with a process going forward.

"Militarily, that inquest was a booger in the nose of progress."

or

"As far as human rights are concerned, this political infighting is a booger in the nose of progress."

A Booger In The Nose Of Progress by Rok'n'rol Wannabe October 19, 2006

Word of the Day on June 2, 2026

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🤡🫵🏻

How to say "you're an idiot/clown" using only emojis.

Person 1: Insert completely incorrect and/or idiotic statement here
Person 2: 🤡🫵🏻

🤡🫵🏻 by Ubeenbamboozledson May 31, 2026

Word of the Day on June 1, 2026

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fogey

Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!

You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)

fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005

Word of the Day on May 31, 2026

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