threadcop

a person who enforces message board rules in an imperious, incessant, or otherwise annoying manner.

The term "threadcop" originates from the idea of calling a message board topic a "thread." This hails back to the naming conventions of older message board systems.

overtweet

v., intr.

To tweet excessively on Twitter, to the point that your followers' feed pages are blanketed with little else but your own updates.

Ugh. Sean totally overtweets. I'm going to have to unfollow him

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Alec Baldwin Syndrome

A condition in which an otherwise handsome young actor grows up to resemble a potato. While women can suffer from ABS, it's largely the domain of men.

Other examples of actors who suffered from Alec Baldwin Syndrome include Orson Welles and Marlon Brando

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pity yes

A "pity yes" is the expression of half-hearted consent a woman gives to a man's request for a date. It's a "yes" to a request for a date, but not one with enthusiasm. A man can evoke a pity yes with the look on his face, or by asking a woman out in a novel way.

Ack! You can't ask someone out over IM! You always have to ask out someone at least via phone. You're much more likely to get a pity yes. Then, if you make a good impression, you turn that into a real yes!

If you're nervous, ask over the phone. You can call for the explicit purpose of asking out. In person, it's hard to find time to mention it. It's awkward to manufacture an encounter just to do it. And it has to be at the end; you can't get shot down and continue that conversation.

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of size

The euphemism for a large or obese person. Soon to be adopted by airlines who have to be careful not to overfill their flights.

"Oh man. Last week, I had to sit in a middle seat between two people of size. It was not pretty."

toxx clause

A rule originating on the Something Awful message boards that calls for the banning of a member who does not follow his own proclamation. These proclamations are typically in the form of "If X happens, I will do Y." The person who posts the claim is asked to follow through with his promised act or be banned for lying.

This rule originated from a forum member, Toxx, stating he would tape together the parts of his nether regions if a message board topic reached 5,000 replies. The Something Awful Administrator ordered that he post pictures of the completed act. No pictures were produced, and Toxx was banned as a result. The Toxx clause was instituted as a rule to discourage future members from making exaggerated claims.

Example poster 1: "If he sells this laptop to me for $200, I will eat my shorts."
Example poster 2: "Sell it to him just so we can test the Toxx clause."

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pink pages

In TV production, especially soap operas, the pages of a script that occur during dream sequences or coma fantasies are colored pink. The alternate color of the pages reminds all involved that these events don't actually happen in the storyline of the soap.

On The Simpsons, Moe's facelift was an example of a "pink pages" sequence.

On House M.D., House's sex scene with Cuddy was a "pink pages" sequence.