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derp | null |

As an interjection derp

is (slang).

As a verb derp

is to act stupidly or foolishly.

As a noun null is

zero, nil; the cardinal number before einn.

derp

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • (slang)
    • I put chips in my soup instead of crackers. Derp .
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , date = 1997-02-25 , first = Pete , last = Treichler , newsgroup = alt.sports.hockey.nhl.pit-penguins , title = Re: Patrick Incompentence Redux , id = Yn4ObEO00iV6A1SFx_@andrew.cmu.edu>
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    • , url = https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.sports.hockey.nhl.pit-penguins/AHO2WhCWOms/ScPi-4rnvO0J , passage = Now that I think of it, i'm surprised that you didn't make fun of his first name as well- 'How could you believe in a guy who has a girly first name?' derp - you are a fool. }}
  • (slang) placeholder for unimportant details, blah blah blah
  • * {{quote-video
    • , date = 2002-11-27 , episode = The Biggest Douche in the Universe , title = (South Park) , season = 6 , number = 15 , at = 14:28 , url = http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s06e15-the-biggest-douche-in-the-universe , passage = Rob Schneider derp' dee '''derp'''. '''Derp''' dee derpity derpy '''derp'''. Until one day, a '''derp''' a '''derp''' a '''derp''' a ' derp . }}
  • * {{quote-newsgroup
    • , date = 2011-01-10 , first = Tom , last = Allen , newsgroup = soc.sexuality.general , title = Re: Expression of a woman's sexuality , id = add2880c-51f2-48ba-bcb1-4f9bff60dd58@l24g2000vby.googlegroups.com , url = https://groups.google.com/group/soc.sexuality.general/msg/31962b1701a525c8 , passage = Me: Hi, remember me from SSG? Can I ask you about herping the derp'?
    R1: Oh, hai Tom. Sure, that would be the '     derp     that was herping blah blah blah... }}

    Usage notes

    In the placeholder sense, often used with herp . Can be used like a noun or a verb or with various suffixes. Connotes that whatever it stands in for does not matter, and often that it is foolish or nonsensical.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To act stupidly or foolishly
  • To make a stupid mistake
  • * {{quote-web
    • , date = 2011-08-22 , id = 184e4b33-8013-4f8f-b312-ce498111076a@b34g2000yqi.googlegroups.com , title = Re: 4e Forgotten Realms Campaign , author = Scion-of-Fenrir , site = Google Groups: /tg/'s Google group , url = https://groups.google.com/group/tgs-google-group/msg/6006c952294d2da6 , passage = Wait, so we're allowed to have magic items from the start? I must of derped pretty hard. }}
  • (slang, of eyes) To point in different directions; (of a, person) To have a facial expression with one's eyes pointing in different directions.
  • * {{quote-web
    • , date = 2012-04-22 , author = Double Eight , title = Re: Next Meetup , site = Google Groups: Windy City Bronies , https://groups.google.com/group/windycitybronies/msg/107a57f224ec397 , passage = Also, there was a Derpy cameo in this one, but she didn't have derped eyes. }}
  • * {{quote-web
    • , date = 2012-10-25 , first = Brian , last = Benchoff , title = Electronic demon costume is surprisingly unnerving , blog = Hack A Day , url = http://hackaday.com/2012/10/25/electronic-demon-costume-is-surprisingly-unnerving/ , passage = The eyes are wired to the same I2C address to prevent derping , but the three red mouth LED matrices are capable of displaying anything that fits on an 8×24 LED matrix. }}

    Derived terms

    * derpy ----

    null

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
  • Zero]] quantity of [[expression, expressions; nothing.
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • Something that has no force or meaning.
  • (computing) the ASCII or Unicode character (), represented by a zero value, that indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.
  • (computing) the attribute of an entity that has no valid value.
    • Since no date of birth was entered for the patient, his age is null .
  • One of the beads in nulled work.
  • (statistics) null hypothesis

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having no validity, "null and void"
  • insignificant
  • * 1924 , Marcel Proust, Within a Budding Grove :
    • In proportion as we descend the social scale our snobbishness fastens on to mere nothings which are perhaps no more null than the distinctions observed by the aristocracy, but, being more obscure, more peculiar to the individual, take us more by surprise.
  • absent or non-existent
  • (mathematics) of the null set
  • (mathematics) of or comprising a value of precisely zero
  • (genetics, of a mutation) causing a complete loss of gene function, amorphic.

    • Derived terms

    * nullity

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to nullify; to annul
    • (Milton)

    Related terms

    * annul

    See also

    * nil ----