š Teh Oļ¬cial DiscopƦdia (Forums Dictionary)
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This is the Official DiscopƦdia.
Only definitions should be added to this topic. Discussion regarding this topic should be handled in Teh Official DiscopƦdia Meta. Any non-definitions will be jeffed to that topic.
All new definitions must contain a citation of a previous usage in order to be wikified and indexed as a discodefinition. Definitions will be wikified and indexed as discodefinitions at the whim of @abarker or other curators.
Note that none of the links actually seem to work post-migration, so just search within this thread to find it, until someone updates this
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3389dae361af79b04c9c8e7057f60cc6, 500 OK, accalia,
@Arantor
,@blakeyrat
, AndroidĀ®,Belgium
, benlobjasticlyfromulent, Blakeybaiting, Blakeyfact, Broken, Bug, Bug Blindness, Bug Reports, Bug-finding, Chrome on Android, ClownCode, Clown Barf, Clown Spittle, Coldmap, CSS CustomizationD - Discob
D-Bola, Di500, Dickcorpse, Dicsourse (Alternate spellings: Dicsores, Dicksores, DickSores), Disapproval, Disarray, Disception, Dischorse, Dischorseshit, DisclosedTag
Discoc - Discoe
Disco Golf, DiscoApdex, Discobash, Discobat, Discobehavior, Discobeta, DiscoBool, DiscoBot, Discobug, DiscoButt, Discocaching, Discoculture, Discocunt, DiscoCustomer, Discoday, Discode, Discodecade, DiscoDefault, Discodefine, Discodefinition, Discodetection, Discodev, Discodice, Discodrama, Discoerror
Discof - Discol
Discofail, Discofeature, DiscoFever, Discofix, discofigurable, Discofurry, Discofy, DiscoGate, Discogoal, Discogods, DiscoGuts, Discohacking, Discohate, Discohour, Discoimage, Discoinferno, Discointuitiveness, Discokerning, Discolag, DiscoLike, Discollation, Discoload, Discolocalisation, Discolog, Discologging, Discologic
Discom - Discoq
Discomalpetance, discomarkdownbbparsersanitizerbeanservice, Discomascot, Discomath, Discomeme, Discominute, Discommunicate, Discommunication, Discomobile, Discomoment, Discompetence, Disconumber, Disconfusion, Discontainment, Discontent, DiscopƦdia, Discoparsing, Discophia, Discophile, Discopink, Discopocalypse, Discoproto, Discoprove, Discoprovement, Discoquery, DiscoQuote
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Discorainbow, Discoread, Discoreason, DiscoRefugee, Discoround, Discosauce, Discosauce, Discosearch, Discosecond, Discosense, Discoshedding, Discoshock, Discosign, Discosort, Discospecial, [make] Discosure, Discoterm, Discotest, Discothink, DiscoTime, Discotruncate
Discou - Discov
Discount, Discourse Magic (Discomagic), Discourse Syndrome, Discourseno, Discourseo, Discourserability, Discoursistency, Discoursvery, Discourteous, Discouser, Discoverability, Discoverse, DiscoVeto
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Discrepancy, Discrepe, Discriteria, Discromancy, Discupload, Discurse, Disdelivery, disenjeffulate, DiskWhores, Dismockracy, Disnew, Disrepair, Distemper, Distortured, Doing It Wrongā¢, Duckhorse, Duplicate Thread IDs, Featire, Filed under, Flux Discapacitor, forumpointzzz
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GCourse, Giggity, Giggity Engine, Greenbar, Hanzo, Heatmap, I'f, Identical, Improvinate, Infailiscroll, Infiniscrollā¢, Infinispinnerā¢, InfinispinĀā¢, InJefficient, Insanitize, Insta-close, Intellectual Property Theft
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JDGI, JefchƩ, Jeff (noun), Jeff (verb), Jeffed, Jefficial, Jeffinition, Jeffism, Jeffranging, Jeffrence, jeffspiracy, Jefftarded, Jeffuchet, Jellypotato,
@Kuro-bar
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Mega Jeffā¢, Meta.d, Mime Vomit, "Mobile? That's...different.", Newlevator, null, Onion, Onyx, Pagination, Post-Discourse Stress Disorder, (post withdrawn by author, will be automatically deleted in 24 hours unless flagged), Productionify, Rainbows, Red Boob, Regression, Reverse Hanzo, sadmission, Scroll Bar, Server cooties, Server Herpes, SockDrawer
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Temporal Bug, The Church of the Civilized Discourse Construction Kit (abbr. TCotCDCK), The Lounge, Thread-iversary, Threadiversary, Toaster, topaginate, topicalize, TRBI
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Wankerar, what.thedailywtf.com, What the ā ā ā ā ā ā ā (WTā ), What the Jeff (WTJ), White Screen of Death (abbr., WSOD), Whoosh Whoring, WONT_FIX, Wooshocity, Whooshocity, Working, WYSMBWYGIYL
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YKYHBSTMTOWTDWTFW, YKYHTMTOYHW, YMBNY, Zero, Zerobox, ā¢, Ā®
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DiscopƦdia
noun
A dictionary of Discourse related terms.See: DiscopƦdia, DiscopƦdia
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Dicsourse
noun
An official, unofficial alternate name for Discourse.Alternate spellings:
Dicsores, Dicksores, DickSores
Use of these alternate spellings generally indicates a greater level of frustration from the poster.Synonyms: Discosauce, Discurse, Dickcorpse
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Discobug
noun- A bug that won't be fixed because the user is Doing It Wrongā¢
- A bug that won't be fixed because the developers don't like the people who discovered the bug.
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Discodev
noun
A person that creates and maintains code for Discourse but would never be classified by any sane developer as 'a developer'.The title may also be given in honour to non-Discourse code authors if they share the same level of expertise and attitude.
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DiscoTime
noun- Set of time units used on Discourse. In some cases, this is a result of Discorounding. In other cases, it is the result of a supposedly sliding window that actually has a hard reset (e.g., likes rate limiting). In every case, it is the result of Discologic. Do not expect Discotime to match real time.
- Time measured relative to when Discourse was inflicted on this forum. Usage: a long discotime ago.
- The time which Discourse takes to apply an edit. Whether an update to the forum, editing a post, or even saving an initial post, all are discotime. Example: I was stuck in Discotime while Dicsourse saved my post.
See Also: Discoday, Discohour, Discominute, Discosecond
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Discoursistency
adjective
A state of consistent inconsistency.Synonyms: Discoursistency
Antonyms: DiscoursistencyThanks to @Accalia for identifying the synonyms and antonyms.
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Discologic
noun- A peculiar kind of logic which only makes sense to a Discodev, or Jeff Attwood. But mostly Jeff. Often characterized as "Jeff Doesn't Get It", or JDGI for short.
- An Illogical Logic that seems to be completely Illogical until one discovers the beautiful Logic within the Illogic, then discovers that the Logic is, in fact, BS
Thanks to @Arantor for contributing JDGI.
Thanks to @Accalia for definition 2
Thanks to @HardwareGeek for proofing @Accalia's definition
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DiscoBot
noun
Something which doesn't exist.
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Discofail
noun
A failure related to an activity within Discourse, typically one which is simple and should just work as expected.
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Discophile
noun- A fan of music from the 1970s, or disco music in general
- Someone who likes Discourse. See also: insanity, madness, Discourse Syndrome
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Discourserability (may have alternate spellings)
adjective
Description of commonly-used features and tasks that are very difficult to locate unless you are a DiscoDev.
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Discourse Syndrome
nounA mental illness, similar to Stockholm Syndrome. Symptoms include:
- Original dislike to outright hate of Discourse.
- Gradual change to acceptance
- Acceptance later replaced by actually liking Discourse.
At present, all cases of Discourse Syndrome have been associated with actual users of Discourse. It is feared that cases could occur with other WTF software.
See also: Discophile
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Discurse
noun- Pejorative used to refer to Discourse when encountering Discofail or Discoursistency
See Also:
Dickcorpse from @arantor
Dicsourse from @abarker
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Dickcorpse
noun
Another variant spelling for Discourse, used in the pejorative sense. Related to discurse and dicsource but with a deeper level of frustration.
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DiscoQuote
noun
A fundamentally broken feature due to the DiscoDevs' belief that quoting other users is unconditionally Doing It Wrongā¢, however this feature sees widespread use in the Real World. Hilarity ensues because the bugs-to-posts ratio involving DiscoQuotes is much greater than 1.See DiscoBug.
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Discosearch
verb
A non-standard form of searching which is less effective than traditional searching.noun
The Discourse implementation of searching which sometimes hijacks the native browser search feature based on some Discologic known only to Discodevs. This implementation also performs Discosearching.
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Discoround
verb
A non-standard form of rounding numbers which is less accurate and more Discoursistent than traditional rounding
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Discoday
nounA unit of time that may range from less than one real minute to more than one real day. The actual upper limit has not yet been accurately mapped. When counting down, a Discoday will often, though not always, end at midnight UTC, even when Discourse advises otherwise.
See Also: Discotime
Thanks to @Arantor for remembering the bit about midnight UTC.
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Discohour
nounA unit of time that may range from less than one hour to more than an hour. It seems that a disco hour may be as little as 20 real minutes, or as much as 100 real minutes. Due to Discologic and Discoursitency, this relationship is subject to change without notice.
See Also: Discotime
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Discominute
nounA unit of time that may range from a few real seconds to several real minutes. No precise relationship has been determined.
See Also: Discotime
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Discodrama
nounThe strained relationship between the official Discodevs and members of what.thedailywtf.com. Seen in the early days of what.thedailywtf.com, but still alive on meta.discourse.org.
UPDATED (11 Sep 2015): Discodrama culminated in DiscoGate.
Thanks to @Hardwaregeek for this new term!
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The Lounge
nounAn exclusionary zone that due to Discologic is meant to bring everyone together. Named after Frequent Flyer lounges that are frequented by alcoholic pilots and airport hookers and usually only visited on long layovers when you are already pissed.
See also: An area that @blakeyrat does not have access to because he is opposed to gamification, despite spending nearly every waking hour playing video games.
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The Church of the Civilized Discourse Construction Kit
nounAbbreviation: TCotCDCK
Group to which Discophiles, Discodevs, and those who suffer from Discourse Syndrome belong. Those truly committed to Discourse will try to convince others that Discourse is the one true forum software, and will likely refer to Jeff Attwood as a prophet. Those who associate with TCotCDCK will gloss over Jeff's inability to follow his own words by stating that he can do no wrong. When asked if we must follow Jeff's words or his actions, a TCotCDCK zealot will tell you that Jeff's words will lead you to happiness.
Avoid at all costs.
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Bug Blindness
noun
A state of being so overwhelmed by Discobugs, that you begin to not even notice them anymore. This condition may be a precursor to Discourse Syndrome.If you suspect you may be experiencing Bug Blindness, please seek help immediately. There is still hope.
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Bug Reports
nounUnpaid work done to improve software that is open-source in name only. Basically slave labor to help line Jeff Atwood's pockets as it improves his software. Most bug reports will be closed as WONTFIX or ASDESIGNED, or just deleted without comment. Filing too many bug reports may get you banned from meta.d. Too many bug reports will be seen as complaining, even though the software is shit.
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Pagination
unknownNo definition found in the DiscopƦdia. You must be Doing It Wrongā¢.
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Scroll Bar
nounUseless graphic on the right of browser windows that has no meaningful connection to anything whatsoever. Just a random graphic that changes size and position as you navigate through Infiniscroll wonderfulness. Forget everything you have ever known about its function.
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AndroidĀ®
nounSome worthless, piece of shit, mobile OS invented by Google solely to make things harder for the Discodevs. What's that? You say Discourse works fine on your Android device? Shut up. You're obviously Doing It Wrongā¢. Or lying. Even Jeff's old Nexus 7 agrees with me.
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Meta.d
noun, websiteShortened colloquial form of meta.discourse.org that is the definitive source for gamification and social engineering re: forum software. Also, the perfect iteration of bug tracking software. It is where you go if you want to see how Web 42.0 is going to be. So far ahead of its time that mere mortals will have difficulty understanding what they are on about.
"Abandon all hope ye who enter here"
Related definitions in normal dictionaries: taking the piss, self-reinforcing motivation, echo chamber, fool's errand, etc.
Synonym: meta.derp
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Toaster
nounPop-up social engineering dialogs that show you how to Do It Right or shame you when you are Doing It Wrong. Specifically engineered to prevent topics like this where one user might foolishly attempt to make several distinct posts instead of lumping everything in to one post. They also try to prevent user participation when someone has a lot to say on a topic by making them feel like they are talking too much.
Term was originally coined by @blakeyrat, who to this day insists he did not come up with it and that it is a "stupid fucking term" that someone like him would never use.
Citation here.
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Heatmap
nounColor coding intended to convey additional information about a list of items. Supposedly, items which have a Heatmap applied progress from a neutral color to red, to a dark orange, and finally to a bright orange. The Heatmap is supposed to draw your attention by indicating and increase in ... something which is generally not immediately visible. It's supposed to to be good. Also, Heatmaps are, according to the Discodevs, obvious.
See Also: Coldmap
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what.thedailywtf.com
noun, website, Discourse-forum
abbr: WTDWTFA place where Bugs are discovered, tears are being had and blakeyrat is going rampant!
Also a place nobody on meta.d is allowed to link to.As of 11 October 2015, WTDWTF is no longer recognized by the DiscoDevs as an official Discourse install.
See also:
http://what.thedailywtf.com
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Coldmap
nounColor coding intended to convey additional information about a list of items. Supposedly, items which have a Coldmap applied progress from a neutral color to a dark blue, to a paler blue, and finally to a really pale blue. The Coldmap is supposed to draw your attention in a KEEP AWAY fashion by indicating a decrease in ... something which is generally not immediately visible. It's supposed to to be bad. Also, Coldmaps are, according to the Discodevs, obvious.
See Also: Heatmap
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ā
adjectiveAs with ā¢, ā indicates an idea that was Jeff's and not yours. However, Jeff started to register that idea, and then forgot about it. As a result, the registration is invalid, and Jeff's use of ā may constitute fraud. It could also invalidate his claim to the idea.
Please consult @apapadimoulis,Esq, MD, FACS, MBA, eMBA before using an idea marked with Ā® as your own.
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@blakeyrat
asshole, rageaholicFrequent poster to what.tdwtf. Known for his frequent fits of rage referred to as "blakeyrants" where he drones on and on and on about topics such as, but not limited to: how the Mac Classic was the greatest piece of computing hardware to ever be conceived, how games he does not like are shit, how open source software is complete shit and always will be, how he hates Like buttons, how C# is the greatest computer language ever conceived of by man (this view is somehow not incompatible with his view on the Mac Classic), why anyone who uses PHP is a fucking moron, HyperCard was the right way to program even though the rest of the world thought it was slow and retarded, etc. Most blakeyrants tend to be about how his personal worldviews should be canon. Very prone to rage quits. Long overdue for a rage quit. Always returns after a rage quit without even acknowledging that he has been gone and that his quitting made him look like a complete bellend.
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Zero
NumberAlmost always the amount of days since last bug in Discourse.
See also: Bug, Null
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null
Not a NumberAlmost always the last day without a bug in Discourse.
See also: Bug, Zero
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Intellectual Property Theft
verbNo definition found in DiscopƦdia.
See instead: local server caching
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@Arantor
serial PHP abuserFrequent poster to what.tdwtf. Known for abusing PHP, for liking PHP, and for admitting to being TRWTF on many occasions. In @blakeyrat's view, a fucking moron.
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Hanzo
nounA fictional character of front page stories by Erik Gern. Hanzo appears to be an alias of one Hanz M., an IT specialist for Hesse Universityās Dresden campus. The introduction to his stories goes something like this:
Like a ninja in the night, Hanz M., AKA Hanzo, stalks across Hesse Universityās Dresden campus. The go-to man in the IT department, he fixes the messes that others leave behind. These are his stories.
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verb
Present Tense: Hanzoing
Past Tense: Hanzoed, alt: Hanzo'd- To beat another user to posting something.
- To edit a post soon enough after posting that the edit pencil doesn't appear. Also known as a Ninja Edit.
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DiscoButt
noun- A derriĆØre with a lot of bling. Having a lot of shiny stuff in the trunk.
- A totally ridiculous embellishment hiding a stinking bug. Mostly there to cover a design failure.
[spoiler][/spoiler]
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D-Bola
noun
An epidemic of Discourse Syndrome. Also known as DiscoBola.See Also: Discourse Syndrome
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Doing It Wrong
verb- To do something in a way other than the way Jeff would do it.
- To do something that Jeff wouldn't do.
synonym: