Word.ws English Dictionary

$deity

$deity is the alternative form of $DEITY.

Noun capitalized: $DEITY

$DEITY (plural $DEITIES)

  1. (Internet, humorous) A generic deity; the listener's or reader's god of choice.
    • No real init that actually works the way it's supposed to. No snoop. No truss/strace. The whole stupid application install method with it's^([sic]) /opt /etc/opt/, /var/opt, /tmp/var/etc/opt $DEITY dammit!2000, Justin Warren, “Re: newbie learns an arcane command”, in alt.sysadmin.recovery (Usenet)
    • For $DEITY's sake, stop `digesting' each other and advocate something useful!2000, 2:1, “Re: Malloy digest”, in comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy (Usenet)

Forms of $deity

plural$deities
plural$DEITIES
alternative form$deity

Origin of $deity

From the syntax of environment variables in Unix shells, and the practice of putting paths to user's software of choice in generically named variables like EDITOR or PAGER.

Questions about $deity

What does $deity mean?
$deity means a generic deity; the listener's or reader's god of choice.
What is $deity the alternative form of?
$deity is the alternative form of $DEITY.
What part of speech is $deity?
$deity is a noun.
What is the plural of $deity?
The plural of $deity is $deities.

Words near $deity in the dictionary

  1. $2 shop
  2. $2 shops
  3. $20 is $20
  4. $cientology
  5. $deities
  6. $deity
  7. $ex
  8. $H
  9. $h!t
  10. $h!ted
  11. $h!ting

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: $deity (page history and authors); $DEITY (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “$deity.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/%24deity. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.