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Fingertip Like
When you accidentally like someone else's facebook post while scrolling through your feed on a mobile device.
Jeanie: Oh my god! I just accidentally fingertip liked my exe's profile picture. I really hope that he didn't notice it.
svhunt about 9 years agoNetflix and Chill
Code for come over to my place and have sex.
Guy1: Hey dude, you wanna netflix and chill later?
Guy2: what?! No offense, but I'm not into guys.
Guy1: Wait, I thought we were just gonna watch netflix and chill...
Guy2: OMG, netflix and chill means let's have sex. you dumbo.
svhunt about 9 years agoTechnical Bankruptcy
The accumulation of so much technical debt that it would be faster to start from scratch rather than trying to fix it.
Word proposed by Iheanyi Ekechukwu on https://twitter.com/kwuchu/status/625786816965160961
Ok guys, we're done with this legacy code. Technical bankruptcy needs to happen. Let's start from scratch.
svhunt over 9 years agoNo Eeyores Rule
A rule where startups should avoid hiring people who are pessimistic, gloomy, depressed in order to prevent decreased morale.
A term first proposed by Jason Calacanis in this tweet -> https://twitter.com/Jason/status/627907240037519360
Employee #1: Jack I really don't think you should hire chris because you know no Eeyores rule.
Nontechnical CEO: Cool. Let's look for another engineer unicorn.
svhunt over 9 years agoStandup desk
Desk for posers.
Jack: Dude I got a standup desk because I want to look cool and all. You know it's a thing these days.
svhunt over 9 years agoSlack Zero
Refers to when you've gone through all the notifications on slack.
Ryan Hoover: Slack zero is the new Inbox zero -> https://twitter.com/rrhoover/status/625870303940362244
svhunt over 9 years agoShadow Ban
A term used to refer to an account on Reddit where anything associated with the account is not visible to other users but to the owner of the account nothing has changed. When the account is shadow-banned, no other users can see your posts or even your profile.
I've posted a ton of links but I am not getting any upvotes or comments. Have I been shadow banned for breaking Reddit's rules?
svhunt over 9 years agoVoting Ring
A voting ring is when you get people you know to upvote things for you on popular websites that use upvotes such as Hacker News and Reddit rather than waiting for organic upvotes. This is done to game the ranking algorithms of these websites and make your content appear at the top so others are able to see it.
Wow. I got shadow banned from Reddit when I got caught in a voting ring as a result of asking everyone I know on Facebook to upvote my post.
svhunt over 9 years agoSoylent Profitable
A term that can be used interchangeably with ramen profitable.
Basically means the same thing as ramen profitable except founders of the startup are drinking soylent.
With the increase in popularity, its rich nutrition and affordability, more and more health-concerned entrepreneurs are changing their diet to soylent.
"Soylent profitable is the new Ramen profitable." - Kim-Mai Cutler https://twitter.com/kimmaicutler/status/603918465536262144
svhunt over 9 years agoChurn Rate
Fancy term for the percentage of people that stop using startup's offerings.
Higher the churn rate, the more screwed up your startup will be.
Famously used in Andrew Chen's blog article on dating startups
Investor: So what's the churn rate for your company?
Founder: Well, in the last 3 months, about 80% of users came back to use our service.
Investor: So, about 20%. That's pretty good. But that's 80% out of how many?
Founder: ...
svhunt over 9 years agoBro Rata
A term used to describe your commitment to investing in your friendship every round even when it's going down to the right.
A term coined by Startup L. Jackson.
Tony: Friend, I'm going to be spending more time with you in order to maintain my bro rata in you. I just can't risk losing my stake anymore.
Steven: Seriously, you're gonna do that after you went out with my girlfriend?!
svhunt over 9 years agoErlich Bachman
A man of the hour. He sold his company Aviato. Now, he runs an incubator out of his house which also happens to be where Pied Piper is headquartered in. He invested in a few other ideas which never came to fruition. He played a critical role in coming up with an innovative and truly disruptive dick jerk algorithm.
In season two, he helps Richard raise a seed round by going around negging a bunch of investors.
There's no need for an example. He is the verb, noun and the everything else that matters in this world. Just watch this, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9_PfruyLlU enough said.
svhunt over 9 years agoH.T.M.L
An acronym for How To Meet Ladies NOT that html you're thinking about.
Erlich from the show wears a t-shirt with those exact letters, a t-shirt so irresistible that you can't help but to hug him.
Meanwhile at a startup event... Matt: Dude, seriously you couldn't find something else to wear for the event?!
Zeeshan: Whatcha talking about son? This is my favorite t-shirt. AND all the ladies are going to want to MEET me because I know how to H.T.M.L you know what I mean? ;)
svhunt over 9 years agoHooli
A giant tech corporate founded and headed by Gavin Belson. A company that gets into a legal dispute with Pied Pier for copyright infringement.
It can also be used interchangeably for fu**ing things up all the time.
Zeeshan: how did your exams go?
Matt: Man, I hoolied it up again! I gotta study harder next time.
svhunt over 9 years agoDoors of a billionaire
Refers to a car belonging to a member of the three comma club with the doors that go up and down instead of side to side.
Russ: Do you wanna know what I have?!
Russ: A fu**ing car whose doors open like this.
Russ: Not like this like this!
svhunt over 9 years agoTo the moon
A phrase often used by those in the cryptocurrency community. Usually used when the value of currency goes up high very rapidly.
Bitcoin Jackson: WOW! One bitcoin is now worth $900! And it's only gonna go up! Up to the right and to the moon!! A month later.... Bitcoin John: Hey Jackson, so I heard that you made a ton of money from bitcoins. Did you invest at its peak?
Bitcoin Jackson: yeah.... about that... I don't want to talk about it.
svhunt over 9 years agoTwo Comma Club
A club for millionaires. Russ Hannemann from the show joins the club after losing lots of money, resulting in him selling a car that opens vertically and horizontally.
Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzMUrB-Um1Y
svhunt over 9 years ago
AVIATO
Erlich Bachman's ex-startup.
Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukUxx6TvXPY
Erlich: Take aviato for instance. It's not a name I found. It's the name that found me. Erlich: I'm the founder of aviato. Erlich: Like A~V~I~A~T~O
svhunt over 9 years ago
Nice spam! Thumbs down!!!