During a TV show or book, when a character you've grown to love is inexplicably killed in the third act, usually as a quick way of evoking a great deal of emotion from the audience. Named for Joss Whedon, who literally has never produced anything in which this hasn't happened.

Penny is 'Whedoned' at the end of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Wash is 'Whedoned' at the end of Serenity
Buffy is 'Whedoned' in the season 5 finale of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

This literally goes on and on and on

Whedoned by A Firefly Fan November 10, 2010

Whedonitis

A tendency to parrot the speech patterns of various Joss Whedon characters and incorporate the slang from various Whedonverses (Buffy. Firefly, Angel, etc) into every day speech.

Every time I use the word "shiny" people look at me strangely--as though they never spoken to someone suffering from Whedonitis.

Whedonitis by MalsGirl August 5, 2010

Joss Whedon

The one true b!x. The man. The myth. The curiously strong swimmer. Created Buffy, Angel, and Firefly, plus a ton of comics. The lord and master of all true TV geeks.

"I saw Joss Whedon at ComicCon yesterday, and spontaneously orgasmed."

Joss Whedon by Felane November 27, 2007

Whedonite

An enthusiastic follower of the works of Joss Whedon; a fanatical supporter of the 'Whedonverse' - stories and characters created by Whedon.

Equivalent to 'trekkies' (or 'trekkers') whom are fanatical about the Star Trek franchise/fictional universe.

a) "Whedonites are worse than trekkies!"

b) "I'll watch anything with Sarah Michelle Gellar in, I'm such a Whedonite!"

c) "We can't let the networks cancel Joss's latest show, come on Whedonites let's start a letter writing campaign!"

Whedonite by twentyfourcharacters_max May 9, 2009

Whedonverse

A word describing anything Joss Whedon has ever created, Namely Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel the Series, the short-lived TV shoe Firefly, and the movie Serenity.

Dude, anything in the Whedonverse is practically my religion.

Whedonverse by allysonowns November 1, 2007

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