hug of death

An accidental DDoS-like effect caused when a website suddenly gains popularity (usually via reddit), causing a huge amount of traffic.

Also known as Slashdot effect, farked, drudged, and Reddit effect.

Why is everything going so slow? Are we being DDoSed!?
No... it's a hug of death. We're #16 on r/all lmao
God dammit, reddit...

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hug of death

An extremely strong and heartless hug that a woman gives a man at the end of a date that indicates she has no interest in ever seeing him again.

After Roberto received the hug of death, he hired a hacker to spy on her phone to find out why Sofia never replied his messages despite she watches all of my Instagram stories. A hitman may be hired if no trace of several wedding parties and working on taking care of stranger’s dogs is found.

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Hug of death

A hug that a woman gives a man at the end of a Match.com date that indicates she has no interest in ever seeing him again.

After Louis received the hug of death, he hired a private investigator to find out why his Match.com date never returned his e-mail or phone calls.

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reddit hug of death

A cutesy phrase that vapid Reddit users like to incessantly comment when a website which has been linked on Reddit.com goes down due to the recent influx of heavy traffic.

User #1: Why is this link not working for me?
User #2: must be the reddit hug of death <3

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