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Timperley
The small key-like object supplied with some brands of smartphone to open the sim card slot.
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:25, Reply)
Mamble (v)
To attempt to refute an accusation of mansplaining with an even longer and more patronising explanation
(I helped save b3ta! cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 15:02, Reply)
Roundhay
A person who changes from portrait to landscape mode half way through a video.
(I helped save b3ta! alistair, Tue 1 May 2018, 12:47, 1 reply)
Skipton
The unfinished pint left by a politician after a photo opportunity.
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Tue 1 May 2018, 8:45, Reply)
Hebbing End
the section of a powerpoint presentation that extends beyond the projection surface and instead is projected onto some nearby curtains or ceiling tiles.
(I helped save b3ta! alistair, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 15:56, Reply)
Clent
The small bits of black stuff that accrue on the feet of a computer mouse.
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 15:04, Reply)
Buxted
A website which has been ruined by bad UX. "Amazon has been buxted since they've started trying to trick users into getting Prime by mistake."
(I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 22:20, Reply)
Windlesham
Innocuous document left open in second tab, in case one needs to hurriedly close the first
(I helped save b3ta! amygdala, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:48, Reply)
Blandford Forum
otherwise known as mumsnet
(I helped save b3ta! Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 15:13, Reply)
Cuckfield (n)
Where you type your username on 4chan to log in.
(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 15:08, Reply)
Treflach
The unshakeable suspicion that your opponent in online Scrabble is using a website to find their words.
(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 1 May 2018, 14:22, Reply)
Letchworth
The sexy image used for the link to a 'Top fails of 20xx' video which doesn't then appear in the video
(I helped save b3ta! MartinH, Tue 1 May 2018, 7:27, Reply)
Partrishow (n)
The 30 seconds or so of any YouTube video where the presenter enthusiastically asks you to like, subscribe, comment or basically do *anything* to game YouTube’s algorithms to help them get paid.
(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 20:58, Reply)
Totscore
The number of "Likes" on a Facebook post about your baby.
"She looks really cute in this one, got a totscore of 327"
(I helped save b3ta! eclectech is older but no wiser, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 18:16, Reply)
Thimbleby
Someone who tries to make a political point but, upon cross examination, is revealed to have done little or no research into the subject being discussed
(I helped save b3ta! christhebarker, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:25, Reply)
Alrewas
The feeling that arises when you go to make an original, incicive, and topical joke on Twitter, but learn that 7300 people have made it already.
(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 15:53, Reply)
Woking
The feeling that you've fundamentally misunderstood an important social issue of the day.

"I'm complely Woking over whether vegans should buy crying children ice cream."
(terryeden, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 15:37, Reply)
Stalling Busk (n)
The little dots that mean someone else is typing on instant messengers that cause you to either type faster in a desperate attempt to finish what you were damn well saying or just give up and wait for whatever drivel they are on about now.
(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 15:15, Reply)
Milford Belper
When you start typing in a site in your work browser with your boss watching and as the suggestions come up you realise to your horror that the browser history has synced with your home browser history.
(I helped save b3ta! The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 3 May 2018, 10:08, Reply)
Bolventor
Person that complains that Dr Who is ruined after every new doctor is announced.
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Tue 1 May 2018, 7:25, Reply)
Crawley Down
2.4 kbps Estimated time remaining 14.5 hours
(I helped save b3ta! MartinH, Tue 1 May 2018, 3:32, Reply)
Bedgelert
When you're just about to go to sleep and Donald Trump tweets something insane.
(I helped save b3ta! christhebarker, Tue 1 May 2018, 0:44, Reply)
Fakenham
What your wife's been doing with her orgasms all these years.
(I helped save b3ta! Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 21:50, 1 reply)
Clachnaharry
A person texting in public who hasn't disabled the keyboard noise on their phone
(I helped save b3ta! christhebarker, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 18:34, Reply)
Sticklepath
Someone with a cute avatar who, despite the avatar, writes psychopathic tweets.
(I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:44, Reply)
Rushden
The cupboard you use to store old music formats
(I helped save b3ta! amygdala, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:32, Reply)
Fiddington Sands
The act of putting a USB in three times before getting it right, despite there only being two options.
(I helped save b3ta! christhebarker, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:31, Reply)
Talybont Reservoir
The small handful of followers who can always be relied upon to like your weakest jokes
(I helped save b3ta! christhebarker, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:17, 1 reply)
Askwith
A nostalgia for the innocent type of filth that internet pornography has made redundant, eg the sex comedies of Robin Askwith, or a copy of Razzle found in a hedgerow.
(I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:15, Reply)
Tubbenden (v)
sitting at the front of a DLR carriage and pretending to be driver.
(I helped save b3ta! alistair, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:10, Reply)
Portishead
accidentally pissing into your own mouth
(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 15:52, 1 reply)
Buxton
Any cable that is exactly too short for purpose, e.g. a phone charging cable that when plugged in requires the user to crouch next to the socket to use it. Most houses will have a drawer full of buxtons.
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 15:36, Reply)
Badworthy
A clickbait site that works by getting people's attention with depressing stories rather than uplifting ones.
(I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Sun 6 May 2018, 7:02, Reply)
Carlton Miniott
A Facebook user that communicates exclusively using animated gifs from "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air" and "Despicable Me".
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Fri 4 May 2018, 12:08, Reply)
Pilley
An opinion piece which has some truth at the heart of it, but is bordering on conspiracy theorist due to the hyperbole.
(I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Thu 3 May 2018, 11:11, Reply)
Strathmiglo
The blue ashen pallor of your partner’s face as they catch up on twitter in bed before sleeping.
(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 20:40, Reply)
Podington
A podcast from darkest Peru.
(I helped save b3ta! Andy_R At the third stroke, the time will be precisely, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 20:23, Reply)
Lolworth
The act of typing 'lol' despite not actually laughing out loud.
(I helped save b3ta! Andy_R At the third stroke, the time will be precisely, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 20:03, Reply)
Stockcross
Any bit of watermark remaining after you have tried to Photoshop it out instead of pay for a stock image.
(I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 19:41, Reply)
Upper Wellingham (n)
Where Theresa May can shove her immigration policies
(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 18:52, Reply)
Dalmally
Tapping on a Twitter user to get some context for a comment, then getting distracted by their timeline and aimlessly following unrelated links.
"Sorry, I went to check if this person was genuinely qualified to comment on that legal case, but dallmallied and ending up reading about this weird breed of dog that has two noses".
(I helped save b3ta! eclectech is older but no wiser, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 17:43, Reply)
Lickfold (n) alt. (v)
The action or product of rimming last night's pizza box and the depths of your neckbeard because you can't bear to leave Fortnite or your parents' basement, not even for moar Doritos.
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 17:04, 2 replies)
Cleckheaton
The rage felt when accidentally interacting with an ad
(I helped save b3ta! amygdala, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:52, Reply)
Drumclog
The time it takes to remember a password due to them all being variations on a theme.
"After a ten minute drumclog I finally managed to log in to amazon"
(I helped save b3ta! christhebarker, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:29, Reply)
Balloch
A regional swear word you'd never have heard were it not for social media.
(I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:28, Reply)
Cromer
Like Google's browser, but more so.
(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:10, Reply)
Chatteris
When you've added an overlong and overtly wordy post that contributes very little to a thread full of short answers.

"That's a bit Chatteris"
(bezlightyear, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 15:57, Reply)
Heighley (adj)
An online acquaintance who gets increasingly right wing when drunk.

“He’s generally ok but after a few beers gets a bit Heighley.”
(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 15:26, 1 reply)
Souldrop
The moment of time between dropping your brand new phone and it hitting the concrete.
(I helped save b3ta! The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 15:10, 1 reply)
Crwbin (n)
The glaring autocorrect typo that introduces itself into an astute political tweet that actual gains traction for once, but is all people will actually comment on.
(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 15:05, Reply)
Millom
The veneer of skin oils that accumulates on the screen of a well-used smartphone
(I helped save b3ta! amygdala, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 14:59, Reply)
Tedstone Wafre (n.)
The winner of any online argument that extends over thirty posts, generally self-appointed
(I helped save b3ta! cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 14:58, Reply)
Bolton Percy
A slang term used in the adult film industry for a strap on.
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 14:51, Reply)
Blean
Any message posted on social media of which the author is inordinately proud that is subsequently ignored by everyone else.
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 14:25, 1 reply)
Ditchingham (n)
The DVD or book you ordered three weeks ago to satisfy an itch that you no longer have and is left unread and unwatched on the shelf.
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 13:43, Reply)
Wood Enderby
When the wrong kind of porn turns up in a search.
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 13:42, Reply)
Heckington
A person that uses asterisks instead of actually swearing.
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 13:41, Reply)
Birdlip.
One half of the labia minora.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 18 May 2018, 14:59, Reply)
Macroom
The bit of PC World where they display the Apple products; it has thicker carpet, air freshener and nicer decor to make them feel more desirable.
(I helped save b3ta! Spherix What, with these feet?, Sun 6 May 2018, 9:51, Reply)
Shiskine
An awful prick who, on receiving 30 or so retweets for a mediocre quip or observation, replies to their own tweet with "Wow, this blew up! RIP my mentions! I had to turn my phone off LOL! While you're here, check out my YouTube/SoundCloud/Etsy/Pornhub goat-interference channel"
(costas, Fri 4 May 2018, 22:50, Reply)
Dorking (vb.)
To begin any post on social media with "is it only me?" in an attempt to give yourself an escape route when the first three responses point out that you're a massive wanker.
(nr., Thu 3 May 2018, 23:14, Reply)
Coppull
A suspiciously easy pickup at a demo or march.
(I helped save b3ta! The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 3 May 2018, 17:23, Reply)
Beddgelert
The inexplicable insomnia experienced after going to bed because you were unable to keep your eyes open watching the TV
(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Thu 3 May 2018, 15:18, 1 reply)
Mwnt
A seldom heard expression of joy after seeing a decent QotW again
(I helped save b3ta! The_cold_stare Coming here only when very, very bored, Wed 2 May 2018, 20:44, Reply)
Badlesmere
That feeling of nausea caused by poking your toothbrush too far down the back of your tongue.
(I helped save b3ta! chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 1 May 2018, 18:53, Reply)
Gaick Forest
a massive hipster beard that looks like it could nest birds
(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Tue 1 May 2018, 13:26, Reply)
Penge.
The gunk and fluff that used to collect on the ball inside an old mouse. A modern equivalent is a Mottingham, a stray hair or eyelash that norks up an optical mouse by getting stuck in the lens.
(FartThroughAWalkieTalkie wished you were dead in ditch on, Tue 1 May 2018, 12:49, Reply)
Petts Bottom.
The darker side of kitten videos on YouTube alternatives.
(I helped save b3ta! pickledpizza Older, nicer, fluffier., Tue 1 May 2018, 8:23, Reply)
Washingley
Web-based service for doing your washing
(I helped save b3ta! MartinH, Tue 1 May 2018, 8:19, Reply)
Over Peover
When you are drunk and miss the toilet
(I helped save b3ta! $$ ✅, Tue 1 May 2018, 8:16, Reply)
Loggans
People that turn up to bang on the side of prison vans and shout when a criminal is leaving court.
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Tue 1 May 2018, 7:09, Reply)
Dunnet
Exiting incognito mode
(I helped save b3ta! MartinH, Tue 1 May 2018, 5:04, Reply)
Plockton
Unit of measure, number of people in a Twitter mob.
"I just said I thought [politician of your choice] was misguided in their approach to Brexit, and a plockton of idiots descended upon me"
(I helped save b3ta! eclectech is older but no wiser, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 23:02, Reply)
Port Sunlight
The tremendous relief but abject puzzlement as you manage to plug in that USB plug on that magical third attempt
(I helped save b3ta! The_cold_stare Coming here only when very, very bored, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 22:33, Reply)
Tuesnoad (n)
An accidental like that lets everyone know *exactly* what you’ve spent the last 15 minutes searching for.

See also Tadnoll - an unfocused tab accidentally left in a browser screenshot that does the same thing.
(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 21:26, Reply)
Turners Puddle (n)
An expanse of water containing a haywain
(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 21:13, 3 replies)
Collumpton
The small feeling of victory experienced when a USB plug goes in first try
(I helped save b3ta! Spherix What, with these feet?, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 20:51, 1 reply)
Relubbus
The maudlin sensation felt when James Corden announces a new project.
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 20:37, Reply)
Spetchley
The feeling that you might have been taken in by a spam email.
(I helped save b3ta! Andy_R At the third stroke, the time will be precisely, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 20:31, Reply)
Port Gaverne
Waggling a cable ineffectively around the back of a device in the vain hope that you'll be able to plug it in without dismantling whatever is preventing you from reaching the back of said device.
(I helped save b3ta! Andy_R At the third stroke, the time will be precisely, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 20:27, Reply)
Gastard
The person who can't seem to get to the point and rambles on for eight paragraphs when a simple pithy comment would quite easily have fulfilled the same function and taken up less of the readers time with unnecessary waffle. Tl;dr: this.
(I helped save b3ta! christhebarker, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 19:00, Reply)
Brafferton
The act of accidentally turning up in the background of a live outside broadcast whilst wearing a high visibility tabard.

With a lack of available chimney sweeps, a brafferton is now considered an acceptable alternative at contemporary weddings.
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 18:18, Reply)
Silloth
A person that goes to a concert and films it with an iPad.
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 18:08, Reply)
Pickett’s Lock (n)
Being unable to remove stray pixels from a photoshop file because they aren’t on the layer you thought they were.

See also: Trinity Gask (n archaic)
Attempting to remove the shadow of the wire in a trinitron monitor that holds the aperture grille in place from a photoshop file, frustrated by the fact it appears between the pixels.
(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 18:04, Reply)
Denaby
(1) The unwelcome shade of grey that a website fades to as you hit a paywall and/or a pop-up nagging you to turn your adblocker off.

(2) Any trivial technique used for circumventing nagging pop-ups and pay walls.
(Astatine, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 17:36, Reply)
Wath
(onomatopoeia) The noise made by a dog with a lisp.
(Astatine, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 17:25, Reply)
Cramond bridge
The painful claw-like shape your hands are frozen in after a particularly long and awkward end level boss fight which also destroyed your joypad
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 17:19, 1 reply)
Withnell
The feeling that you might have gone on holiday by mistake.
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 17:12, Reply)
Merlin's Bridge
The time spent searching your house for your phone which means you can't leave and you're pacing around feeling like you've got Alzheimer's.

"I want to get to the meeting but I've got to cross Merlin's Bridge first"
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 17:10, 2 replies)
Bunton hush
The angry lurch for the mute icon or volume control when an online advert starts playing
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 17:01, Reply)
Turnworth
The awkward twisting wrist motion used to try and change the orientation of a mobile phone video from portrait to landscape while it is playing
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:55, 1 reply)
Topsham
The practice of holding one's phone at a high angle in order to create a more flattering selfie
(I helped save b3ta! amygdala, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:39, Reply)
Wick
The poo which despite repeated flushing peeps out from the u bend.

See also : Wick St Lawrence, when a wick has a piece of toilet paper wrapped around it giving it the appearance of wearing a scarf.
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:35, Reply)
Clipsham
Clipsham: a feebly intended Like on Facebook . “ it’s the twentieth baby picture she’s posted today, but her husband’s a mate so I gave it a Clipsham.”
(I helped save b3ta! Bootsthealchemist is barred from the Masterchef Facebook page, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:29, Reply)
Chirk (n)
Someone who has thousands of twitter followers, despite never posting anything except links to The Guardian with no comment.
(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:18, 2 replies)
Tafolwern
Someone who takes a joke from twitter and passes it off as their own original comment on Facebook
(I helped save b3ta! christhebarker, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:12, Reply)
Mankinholes
The feeling in your chest that you get when an ex, with whom you lost contact ages ago, appears in the replies to post by a Facebook friend whom you didn't know was a mutual.
(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 16:01, Reply)
Ruswarp
The mental space into which one consigns Facebook friends between notifications
(I helped save b3ta! amygdala, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 15:36, Reply)
Ubley
That feeling you get when you look at spazz inducing GIFs

That GIF left me feeling a bit ubley
(I helped save b3ta! MrSanity has maybe kicked the WoW habit forever, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 15:33, Reply)
Shedfield
Location of the super secret b4sh. Destined to live in infamy, but only spoken of in low whispers. Commemorative balloon hats available to order.
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 15:15, Reply)
Pilton (n)
The amount of drugs necessary to enjoy a trendy music festival.
(I helped save b3ta! Ungersven would support SpankyHanky's patreon, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 15:02, Reply)
Biddestone (adj)
That heavy feeling in the gut when the cherished childhood object finally tunes up from the Ebay auction you paid a bit too much on after encountering a Biddick, and it’s not quite as good or fun as you remembered.

You’ll put it in the Biddenden for now, but then discreetly stick it back on Ebay and hope someone Bidwells.
(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 14:53, Reply)
Blundeston
The realisation after you make a joke about bollocks in a Whatsapp group, and then recall one of the group is going into hospital to have his other one removed after a 2nd bout of testicular cancer...
(I helped save b3ta! The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 14:50, Reply)
Biddick (n)
The fucking arsehole who just sniped you with two seconds to go. Now that cherished childhood object is going to cost twice as much as all the other auctions are really busy, and you are in too deep now.
(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 14:50, Reply)
Bidwell (v)
Finding a retro object from your childhood on Ebay in amazing condition. Not many people are bidding. This would fill that empty hole left when your parents threw it out whilst you were away at university.
(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 14:46, Reply)
Bishop's Inchington
WiFi dropout at a crucial moment during some "alone time" with the internet.
(GuitaristDom, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 14:42, Reply)
Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch
That sinking feeling you get when reading a Tweet that starts with: "Thread"
(ccc, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 14:27, Reply)
Egglescliffe
The inevitable realisation you are entering the period of the year when people start talking on social media about how cadburys have stopped calling them Easter eggs.
(I helped save b3ta! christhebarker, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 14:26, Reply)
Lickham Bottom
The sycophantic satisfaction Piers Morgan feels when writing a Trump tweet.
(ccc, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 14:20, Reply)
Swale
The condition of having once been muscular
(I helped save b3ta! amygdala, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 14:12, 1 reply)
Ditchling
The feeling of euphoria from dropping the kids somewhere for a short while.
(I helped save b3ta! GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 14:06, Reply)
Askham Bryan
A colleague who treats you as if you were their personal search engine
(I helped save b3ta! amygdala, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 13:55, Reply)
Hastings
The mild panic felt when typing an obvious witty reply before anyone else does.
(I helped save b3ta! Smallbrainfield, Mon 30 Apr 2018, 13:54, Reply)

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