T is for Technophobe, Thang, Thau and Trent!
TECHNOFOOL [noun]
Pronunciation Tek No Fool
Meaning Person who hasn't a clue when it comes to using computers. Someone who when told to move the mouse waves it in the air.
Usage Good for laughing at.
Origin Zed, late 1999.
TECHNOPHOBE [noun]
Pronunciation Tek No Fobe
Meaning Someone who is scared to use computers and think the "Break" button makes them break.
Usage Not much, in today's society.
Origin Zed, late 1999.
TEH
Pronunciation Tuh
Meaning The.
Usage "Teh word 'teh' is very hard to put into an example sentence of its own right. Almost as hard as teh 'g' at teh start of teh word 'geen'."
Origin Zed, January 1999, when writing Bad Goth Poetry at 4am, in the now immortal sentence "i wabt teh pane!!!!" However, Duran Duran used it first in "Teh Reflex". I now actively hate this word.
THANG [noun]
Pronunciation Thang.
Meaning Thing.
Usage "I Believe In Miracles! Where you from? You sexy thang!"
Origin Hot Chocolate. I now actively hate this word.
THAU [pronoun]
Pronunciation Thou
Meaning You or thou.
Usage "You bought a Spice Girls CD? Thau geen!"
Origin Zed, late 1999. Rarely used.
TIM OTAY [noun]
Pronunciation Tim Ote A.
Meaning Timotei, a shampoo. Probably contains conditioner too, but I wouldn't swear to it. I don't swear very often.
Usage Usually when washing hair.
Origin Zed, late 1999.
TINTINTIN
Pronunciation Tin Tin Tin
Meaning It isn't in the tin.
Usage "You take the biscuit, but tintintin."
Origin Zed, 1998, picked up from a website about "The Full Monty", which included a section about Sheffield slang.
2 LATE
Pronunciation Too Layt.
Meaning Too Late. A Cure Song.
Usage "Noooooo! I don't want '2 late' stuck in my head! Uh oh, 2 late!"
Origin The Cure. Stolen by Twi in early 1999.
TOOTHBRAE [noun]
Pronunciation Tooth Bry.
Meaning Toothbrushes, but only when they're out of their packets.
Usage Cleaning your teeth? Nah, too sensible. Throwing at dartboards, that's better.
Origin Zed, 1997.
TRANSPARENCIFY [verb]
Pronunciation Trans Pah Rense If I. (Transsexual parents if I what?)
Meaning Make something (usually a graphic) transparent.
Usage Making graphics look funchier on coloured backgrounds. You may get a halo of grey pixels, though.
Origin Zed, 22 May 2000.
TRENT [exclamation]
Pronounciation Trent.
Meaning Oh I am so angstful!
Usage "I've read all the Star Wars fanfiction on the Internet. Trent!"
Origin Ven, 1999. As in Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. Compare Morizzeeee! and Robot!
TRES [adverb]
Pronunciation Tray or Trez
Meaning Very
Usage "This is a tres bad example sentence, non?"
Origin French. Stolen by Zed in 1999.
TROO TROO
Pronunciation Troo troo
Meaning True true.
Usage "Give us an example sentence, Zed!" "But my example sentences are pants!" "Troo troo."
Origin Meaghan, late 1999.
TRUBLEM [noun]
Pronunciation Trub Lum.
Meaning A cross between a problem and a trouble. Similar to a probble.
Usage "You want an example sentence? No trublem."
Origin Zed, 1997.
T***T [noun]
Pronunciation Tee Star Star Star Tee
Meaning Trust
Usage "The truth is out there. But t***t no one."
Origin Zed, mid-1999, after 3 Colours Red told her that "Trust is a dirty word."
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