(i) A Theoretical Physicist at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton who specializes in String Theory. Widely regarded as Einstein's successor, he is unquestionably a genius.
(ii) A person of super-human intellect.
(iii) A synonym for genius.

- B+ in Calculus? No Ed Witten, but not bad.
- Ha! Look at Joey trying get Christie's number. Doesn't take an Ed Witten to tell him that she's out of his league.
- Oxford is full of mini Ed Wittens.

Ed Witten by WhiteAndNerdy May 11, 2012

Ed Witten

A real smart dude. One of the founding fathers of string theory or superstring theory or M-Theory or some theory involving strings. Nearly became an economist, but saw the light.

Basically, cross between Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Richard Feynman and a supercomputer.

Ed Witten is a god-like figure in the Theoretical Physics world.

Ed Witten's a genius. Bet he gets all kinds of girls.

Geeeez, my Tv's broken again. I bet Ed Witten could work out how to fix it.

"What's a Calabi-Yau Threefold"?

"Bro, Ask Ed Witten"

Ed Witten's brain is so powerful that he can compute the last digit of pi while doing my long division homework.

Not even Ed Witten could work out how to score with Julie.

Ed Witten by MacroBlaster May 11, 2012

Ed Witten

(i) According to Time Magazine (and Wikipedia) he's the greatest Physicist in the world at this point. Instrumental in developing string theory and known for his planet sized brain.

(ii) Synonym for a dumbass

Dude, how did you figure out how to get Christie's Number?

I asked Ed Witten, he figured it out.

Nice work Ed Witten! Now my car smells of ten day old guacamole and burritos.

Ed Witten by MixMasterMax June 17, 2012

Respectfully

Precedes or follows either a gratuitously disrespectful or honest remark, originated in New York City. Used in similar fashion to "no offense" or "to be honest," interchangeably.

Ya mans is wild buns, respectfully. Respectfully he's washed.

After school, The Modells on Jamaica Ave was active. Respectfully.

Respectfully by john quan the first December 20, 2020

Word of the Day on September 26, 2026

You met me at a very Chinese time in my life

A moment in time where you feel distinctly Chinese over all other things.

Dante: "I wish I could be Nigerian, but I can't because I'm Chinese. You met me at a very Chinese time in my life."

You met me at a very Chinese time in my life by Sus Chad September 21, 2026

Word of the Day on September 25, 2026

crunchy

Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.

Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.

Modified derivative of granola.

"I need more crunchy guys in my life. I'm so tired of dating preppy metrosexual assholes."

"I'm heading out to the crunchy store to pick up some fair trade chocolate and tea tree oil, do you need anything?"

crunchy by EBC July 11, 2007

Word of the Day on September 24, 2026

Galantir

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

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