Definition of CTD

CTD

acronym for "circling the drain" (i.e. about to die,) used on medical charts by doctors in the UK.
Citation: "Doctor slang is a dying art", BBC News, 18 August 2003
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Crash To Desktop - when a program abruptly stops working in such a bad way that it just immediately closes, leaving you at your desktop.
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muppet	Definitions include: an idiotic or incompetent person.
hen night	Definitions include: a bachelorette party.
toss off	Definitions include: to masturbate.
dekko	Definitions include: a look.
ta	Definitions include: "thank you."
cottage	Definitions include: bad, old, worn-out, or stupid.
wedge	Definitions include: money.
bloody	Definitions include: an intensifier.
doss	Definitions include: something that's easy.
dash	Definitions include: to leave.
wally	Definitions include: To be nerd, geek or loser.
fancy	Definitions include: to be romantically interested in.
fed	Definitions include: a member of the federal government.
clinkers	Definitions include: dried feces attached to the hairs of the buttocks; "dingleberry".
faff about	Definitions include: to spend time on a non-productive activity; "waste time".
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Other terms relating to 'acronyms (list of)':
TMI	Definitions include: acronym for "too much information".
OMGWTF	Definitions include: acronym for "on my God, what the fuck."
ROTFLMFAO	Definitions include: acronym for "rolling on the floor laughing my fucking ass off".
TANSTAAFL	Definitions include: acronym for "there ain't no such thing as a free lunch".
TP	Definitions include: acronym for "toilet paper."
swagg	Definitions include: to copy someone.
ROFL	Definitions include: acronym for "rolling on floor laughing".
IOTETMCO	Definitions include: acronym for "intuitively obvious to even the most casual observer."
foo	Definitions include: colloquial pronunciation of fool.
EOM	Definitions include: acronym for "end of message".
TW	Definitions include: acronym for "trigger warning".
LSD	Definitions include: acronym for "lysergic acid diethylamide".
loal	Definitions include: used to indicate laughter in text-based communication.
BYOW	Definitions include: "bring your own wine".
ABC	Definitions include: acronym for "another bloody cathedral" or "another bloody church".
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Other terms relating to 'circle':
circle	Definitions include: a social group.
circle jerk	Definitions include: a sexual practice in which a group of men stand in a circle and engage in mutual masturbation, with or without interpersonal contact.
circles	Definitions include: breasts.
circle the drain	Definitions include: to be near failure or death.
circle the wagons	Definitions include: to defend against an attack.
square the circle	Definitions include: four right angled knife cuts to remove the dead animal's anus from its hide, to facilitate the hide's removal from the carcass.
Other terms relating to 'drain':
brain drain	Definitions include: the departure of intelligent people from a company, organization, country, etc.
circle the drain	Definitions include: to be near failure or death.
drain bramage	Definitions include: "brain damage", as if spoken by one with brain damage.
drainer	Definitions include: a person who is a total slacker, or completely lazy.
drain (one's) lizard	Definitions include: to urinate.
drain (one's) main vein	Definitions include: to urinate.
drain (one's) radiator	Definitions include: to urinate
drain the beaver	Definitions include: to urinate.
drain the dragon	Definitions include: To pee; usually male.
drain the lizard	Definitions include: To urinate.
drain the main vain	Definitions include: misspelling of "drain the main vein".
drain the main vein	Definitions include: to urinate.
drain the radiator	Definitions include: To pee; usually male.
personal drainer	Definitions include: a plumber
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101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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