queue up
(computing, informal, transitive) To enqueue (something): to add (it) to a queue.
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I need all Dawntrail haters to go queue up for Howling Blade normal, and then immediately afterwards queue for the tree from Pandaemonium, and then try to say the game is going down the shitter with a straight face.
It's such a good side game when you're waiting to queue up or need a mental break from magic
Or maybe she'll queue up to get on a flight to that Salvadoran Gulag that she's perfectly fine with poor vulnerable people here being rounded up and shipped of to.
Which is frustrating, because when the dude takes up a cause, not only does he move society in the wrong direction, he also discredits nuanced approaches grounded in research along that path and queue up a pendulum sw…
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(computing, informal, transitive) To enqueue (something): to add (it) to a queue.
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(British, intransitive) To queue form a line while waiting.
"queue up" means: To queue form a line while waiting.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"queue up" means: To queue form a line while waiting.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. Note the regional or dialect label (British) — usage may sound odd outside that variety. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“I need all Dawntrail haters to go queue up for Howling Blade normal, and then immediately afterwards queue for the tree from Pandaemonium, and then try to say the game is going down the shitter with a straight face.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“It's such a good side game when you're waiting to queue up or need a mental break from magic”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Or maybe she'll queue up to get on a flight to that Salvadoran Gulag that she's perfectly fine with poor vulnerable people here being rounded up and shipped of to.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Which is frustrating, because when the dude takes up a cause, not only does he move society in the wrong direction, he also discredits nuanced approaches grounded in research along that path and queue up a pendulum swing the other way that may not be great either.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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