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 '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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