Keysmash
noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A haphazard striking of keys on a keyboard to convey frustration, laughter, or other emotion; the text so produced. countable, slang, uncountable
"Even keysmash, that haphazard mashing of fingers against keyboard to signal a feeling so intense that you can't possibly type real words, has patterns. A typical keysmash might look like "asdljklgafdlik." or "asdfkfjas;dfs"—quite distinct from, say, a cat walking across the keyboard […]"
- 1 To type aggressively or randomly mash keys on a keyboard. slang
"[…] or I keysmash my feelings away every time there is an attractive picture of them that surfaced on the internet and since every picture is an attractive picture, let's just say my keyboard knows the pain I have to go through."
Synonyms
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More examples"Even keysmash, that haphazard mashing of fingers against keyboard to signal a feeling so intense that you can't possibly type real words, has patterns. A typical keysmash might look like "asdljklgafdlik." or "asdfkfjas;dfs"—quite distinct from, say, a cat walking across the keyboard […]"
Etymology
From key + smash.
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