Definition of typo-squat

typo-squat

verb

• to occupy a domain name that is a misspelling of a popular website.
  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

  Last edited on Mar 28 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'computer slang':
pip	Definitions include: a person who acts like they know everything but actually knows nothing.
sock puppet	Definitions include: in an online community, a second account created by an account-holder.
hax0r	Definitions include: "hacker".
DAE	Definitions include: "does anyone else..." or "does anybody else..."
technotard	Definitions include: a person who has problems using modern technology.
brain dump	Definitions include: the act of telling a person or group everything one knows about a particular topic.
out-of-band	Definitions include: The term comes from communications and telecommunication.
egosurf	Definitions include: to search the world wide web for references that would enlarge a person's ego.
OMW	Definitions include: acronym for "on my way".
TYSM	Definitions include: acronym for "thank you so much".
dox	Definitions include: personal information about a person (for example: their real name, home address, phone number) that has been released on the web.
tht	Definitions include: "that".
in the background	Definitions include: of an ongoing task, performed slowly over time, when nothing is claiming one's immediate attention.
link rot	Definitions include: the breakage of links on the web as their targets disappear.
IOW	Definitions include: acronym for "in other words".
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Other terms relating to 'squat':
cop a squat	Definitions include: have a seat, sit down and relax.
diddly-squat	Definitions include: absolutely nothing.
jack squat	Definitions include: nothing.
plop a squat	Definitions include: to sit down.
pop a squat	Definitions include: to sit down.
sorority squat	Definitions include: in a group photo, the unnecessary bending over and squatting slightly so as to accentuate one's cleavage.
sorority squat, the	Definitions include: See sorority squat.
squat	Definitions include: anything, used in the negative to mean nothing.
squat a grump	Definitions include: to defecate.
squat a grumpy	Definitions include: to defecate
squat party	Definitions include: usually illegal parties in an abandoned house

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