sloth mode

Definition

When your computer becomes sluggish and unresponsive due to excessive junk files, malware, cookies, and spam clogging its systems. It's basically your PC having an existential crisis from digital constipation.

Example Usage

My laptop entered sloth mode after months of downloading files without cleaning cache.

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