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Touch Wood 

It's the British equivilent of saying knock on wood.

Contrary to popular belief it has no relation to touching men's wood.

However it is most commonly said in order to prevent a confident statement from bringing bad luck.

Meaning to hope for the best.

When said most people will touch or knock on wood and some strange people will also knock on their heads!
"I haven't been banned from the group yet, touch wood!"
Touch Wood by LottieRawr September 18, 2017
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Torchwood is a tv show based on the popular British series Doctor Who.

Also if you take all the words from Doctor Who you can spell Torchwood
D O C T O R W H O

D O C O R W H O-----T
D O C R W H O-----TO
D O C W H O-----TOR
D O W H O-----TORC
D O W O-----TORCH
D O O-----TORCH W
D O -----TORCH WO
D -----TORCH WOO

TORCHWOOD!
torchwood by James Fitzgerald December 15, 2008

techwood 

Arousal of that certain part of the male anatomy through an encounter with a remarkable technological breakthrough
After watching the latest Google IO announcement, I had to leave the room with a book covering my junk, because I had raging techwood.
techwood by Ed Wexler August 18, 2011
Torchwood is a spin-off of Doctor Who. It is sorta like CSI: Cardiff only with alien technology. More adult than Doctor Who, it airs on Sundays, 10pm BBC3. Also similiar to the X-Files.
Forensic Guy: "Special Access" they said.
Gwen Cooper: For who?
Forensic Guy: Torchwood.
Torchwood by PJ360 November 2, 2006

touchwhore 

One who enjoys being close to and touching others in a nonsexual way.
Often used as a term of endearment.
As she went around collecting hugs from all her friends, she laughed as every one of them called her a touchwhore.

Touchnoob 

A player in the world of Guild Wars who uses the 'touch ranger' build, focussing on health draining while using minimum energy for it.
It's really easy to play this build and considered noobish.
omg, go away touchnoob.. go fck yourself
Touchnoob by SeventhGrave July 22, 2009

touch wood 

cockney slang for draw blood
"Do not touch wood from that pig"
touch wood by Ampuero December 10, 2006
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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
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.
Word of the Day on September 20, 2026
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
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