A bar across your screen / webpage containing stuff that's of negative value to the user, like ads or please-share-this buttons. See e.g. this: http://scripting

A bar across your screen / webpage containing stuff that's of negative value to the user, like ads or please-share-this buttons. See e.g. this: http://scripting.com/stories/2011/03/06/whatIsADickbar.html http://scripting.com/stories/2011/03/06/whatIsADickbar.html. The term was coined by John "Daring Fireball" Gruber.