This page gathers the 2,010 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Internet” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 5 of 20: from “cross-link” to “dogpile”.
- cross-link verb To add an internal hyperlink between two webpages belonging to the same web domain.
- cross-site scripting noun An exploit that involves tricking a victim into executing a malicious script on a target website, so that the malicious content is trusted…
- crosspost noun An electronic message posted to multiple newsgroups or forums simultaneously.
- cry and seethe phrase Used to dismiss or mock someone who is perceived to be upset or frustrated, implying that their emotional reaction is futile or unimportant.
- cry harder phrase Used sarcastically to indicate indifference or schadenfreude, often as a reply to a statement that the speaker considers exaggerated or…
- cryptoviral extortion noun A data kidnapping attack studied in the field of cryptovirology, in which malware encrypts user data and asks for payment in exchange for…
- CU phrase Phonetic abbreviation of see you.
- cuck chair noun A chair, especially one in a hotel room, that faces the bed; a corner chair.
- cultural victory noun The triumph of one entity, idea, or person, at the cost of all rivals, especially in the realm of popular culture.
- cum tribute noun A physical or on-screen copy of a person's image onto which someone has ejaculated semen, intended as sexual harassment or as an erotic…
- cumrade noun A participant in No Nut November.
- current thing noun Something that is popular, trendy or newsworthy at the moment but is unlikely to remain so long-term.
- current year noun A generic reference to the present.
- cursorjacking noun The malicious practice of tricking a user into clicking a visual element they did not intend to click, by manipulating the cursor's…
- cut noun A dividing line in a Tumblr post, the content below which is hidden until the reader reveals it.
- cvt verb Censored spelling of cut.
- cybercast noun A broadcast of audiovisual material over the Internet.
- cyberchondriac noun A hypochondriac (“person with an excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness”) who researches their potential medical…
- cybercop noun A user who attempts to enforce netiquette or other standards.
- cyberdisinhibition noun Disinhibition when using interactive online media due to the anonymity or lack of social feedback inherent in the medium.
- cyberfarting noun The act of repeatedly sending videos depicting flatulence to a user via the Internet, with malicious intent.
- cyberlaw noun Law as it relates to the Internet and computing offences, covering such issues as intellectual property and the blurring of international…
- cyberlibel noun The act or crime of making a defamatory statement (libel) about someone on the Internet; such a statement.
- cyberpath noun A sociopathic Internet user.
- cybersquatting noun The registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it at a later date.
- cycle path noun Eggcorn of psychopath.
- CYLOR phrase Used to encourage the addressee to rely upon his rabbi's, rather than others', answers to questions of religious import.
- d8 noun date.
- dabloon noun A fictional currency among certain TikTok users, earned and lost by random encounters while scrolling.
- dank adj Great, awesome.
- dank meme noun An Internet meme with a humorously tongue-in-cheek tone derived from gaudy or surreal aesthetics.
- danmaku noun A form of moving subtitles used on videos posted on social media.
- dark academia noun An aesthetic popularized in the 2010s, centered on higher education, writing, the arts, and classic Greek and Gothic architecture, as well…
- dark social noun Interactions via the World Wide Web that cannot be publicly viewed, tracked or logged, such as private messages, texts and e-mails.
- dark traffic noun Traffic to a website that is miscategorized by analytics software because it lacks data points such as the origin of the users.
- darkest timeline noun The circumstances of the present moment in history, viewed as bleak, frightening, ridiculous, or the worst of all possibilities.
- darknet noun A network of computers that can only be accessed using special software, configuration, or authorization, usually characterized by the…
- dash noun The dashboard of a social media user.
- dashboard noun The personalized feed of a user of a website, consisting of recent updates of pages the user has used or followed.
- dattebayo adj Good; nice.
- DD noun Initialism of direct download.
- DDoS noun A distributed denial-of-service attack, one that originates from many different (geographically and network topographically) sources, on a…
- deactivate verb to commit suicide
- dead adj Dying of laughter.
- deaditor noun A person who edits information related to a recent death, especially on biographical pages on wikis such as Wikipedia.
- deadlink noun A dead link.
- deboost verb To limit or suppress the reach of (an account or post).
- deef verb To use diphenhydramine recreationally.
- deep link noun A type of hyperlink directly pointing to content on a website, rather than its home page.
- deep linking noun The practice of linking to a specific page or file within a website so as to bypass introductory pages, considered a violation of…
- deep-fried adj Of an image, having been deliberately reduced in quality by applying many filters.
- deep-fry verb To alter a photograph using filters and image compression to make it appear strangely colored for a humorous effect.
- degen adj Degenerate.
- dehost verb To cause (a website etc.) to lose connection with its host.
- delegate verb (of a subdomain) To give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of one's own.
- delete verb To defeat or dominate.
- deletion noun An act of killing or murder.
- delulu adj Delusional.
- delurk verb To reveal oneself, after lurking; to establish a presence on an online newsgroup, forum, etc.
- demod verb To demote (someone) from moderator status.
- demonetization noun The act or process of demonetizing (making content ineligible to earn money).
- demonetize verb To demote (published content, or its creator) so that it is no longer eligible to earn money for its publisher.
- denial of service noun A denial-of-service attack.
- dented adj Extremely stupid.
- dentist noun Deliberate misspelling of Dengist.
- dereferer noun A service used for removing the URL of the referring page that referred the user to a given page, to maintain privacy.
- desired face noun A reference image, celebrity, or imagined face that a user aims to resemble, typically in the context of subliminals or manifestation…
- despam verb To remove spam (unwanted messages) from.
- deviant noun A member of the online art community DeviantArt.
- devious lick noun The act of vandalizing or stealing one or more items in a school; a video depicting this act or the stolen items.
- devlog noun A diary (or blog, vlog, etc.) that updates the audience on the development progress of something, usually a video game, website, or app.
- devoice verb To remove the voice flag from a user on IRC, preventing them from sending messages to the channel.
- devour verb Synonym of eat: to be very good at something; to slay.
- diaperpost noun An online post relating to diapers, especially of a sexual or fetishistic nature.
- Diddy party noun A party involving sexual activity; an orgy.
- diggable adj Suitable for the American news aggregator Digg.
- digger noun A user of the American news aggregator Digg.
- digital courage noun The sense of being able or emboldened to say something to someone over digital media (text, instant message, etc.) that one would not…
- dink verb Deliberate misspelling of drink (“to consume a liquid through the mouth”)
- direct message noun Synonym of private message.
- Discord kitten noun A user, typically female, of Discord who receives a subscription to the premium service Discord Nitro from another user, typically male.
- Discordian noun A user of the Discord chat program.
- discourse noun Lengthy, often heated debate over controversial subject matter, particularly within fandom and activist spaces. Sometimes rendered as a…
- dislike noun An individual vote showing disapproval of, or lack of support for, something posted on the Internet.
- disposal noun A sexual paraphilia, as in art, fiction, and role-playing, that involves a character consuming and digesting another and disposing their…
- distro noun A set of software components, often open source, that have been packaged into a larger product or component for distribution to end-users.
- diva noun One who amazes or stuns, especially in a confident and feminine manner; (by extension) a term of endearment.
- DM verb To communicate by direct message, usually on a social media website.
- DMCA verb To serve a Digital Millennium Copyright Act notification against, so as to have infringing material taken down.
- DMZ host noun A single node in a DMZ, typically protected by a firewall, sometimes hidden by NAT. Usually, DMZ hosts accept incoming external…
- DNI noun On social media, a list of types of people who are requested not to interact with the original user posting the list.
- do want phrase Used as an expression to indicate one's desire to have something.
- Document Object Model noun A cross-platform, language-independent convention for representing and interacting with objects in HTML, XHTML and XML documents.
- doe adv Pronunciation spelling of though.
- dog food noun public display of affection, especially from the perspective of a lonely, single person.
- dog tax noun An image or video of one's pet dog posted online, seen as a "tax" upon introduction to a forum or social media platform.
- doge noun Deliberate misspelling of doggy.
- dogfishing noun A dating trend where people, often to get more matches on dating apps, use photos with cute dogs, even though the pet isn't theirs.
- doggo noun A dog.
- dogpile verb For many participants to attack the same user (on a discussion forum or similar).