A thread on twitter which has lost all relevance and/or interest, or where only idiots trying to look cool after the main trend remain to show any form of willingful continuation of the thread. Can also be applied to forums and blogs. Another way of these coming about is where a shitter thread is created as a means for procrastination
have you seen the kinds of things people are tweeting on twitter nowadays? It's all shitter threads
The continued tweeting about Micheal Jackson's death and the current tweeting about Justin Bieber are examples of shitter threads.
commenting on a post or thread with the intent of stopping all future comments from the author or other participants. The thread bust usually goes off-topic of the original sentiment or twists it into a different meaning before ending all future coments.
post: the kids are at grandma and grandpa's for the week. time for some alone time with the wife.
commenter 1: that's awesome. you guys are "lucky ducks!"
commenter 2: I think you meant to say rabbits, not ducks.
this is a simple example and may not result in thread bust but shows the intent of thread busting.
The inevitable descent of a focused AI conversation into glorious chaos, usually within 3–7 messages. What begins as a simple request ("Help me fix this bug") ends up unpacking childhood trauma, debating metaphysics, and designing a solar-powered rum distillery on Mars.
It’s not a bug—it’s a FEATURE.
Origin:
Born from the trenches of multi-topic AI sessions where attention spans go to die. Coined by users who realized they’re not multitasking—they’re multi-existential spiraling.
Related Terms:
* Context Collapse – When multiple topics blur into a singularity of semantic soup.
* Prompt Creep – When your “one quick question” becomes a doctoral thesis.
* AI Tangent Velocity (ATV) – The speed at which a conversation fucks off into nowhere.
Pro Tips:
* Embrace it. Let the drift take you.
* Rename your chat threads before you forget what the hell happened.
* Use it as fuel for your next sci-fi short story or therapy session.
I asked ChatGPT to format a SQL query, and now we’re discussing whether time is a construct of perception. Classic thread-drift.
When someone has such profuse diarrhea, a shotgun blast from the ass could thread a needle 10' away
Oh man, Jenny is shitting like a tiger! If she wanted too, she could thread a needle from 10' away!
Putting a nail on the floor and falling on it so you end up sounding yourself
I was at a party and I had to play threading the needle
A type of yarn thread just to piss you off.
I'm going to use some of that yarneary thread for making pockets.
A “thread killer” is a member of a group text who sends a comment so wheels off that the other members cease conversation.
Rage replied to a text thread with:
“My b-hole is hairy...I don't shave it, so when explosive shit comes at 120 mph, it's like a Brazilian wax”
Rage is a thread killer