thumper truck n.— «Dawson has deployed three trucks to test 30-square miles that cover neighborhoods and non-residential areas in and around Fort Worth. The trucks emit a vibration into the ground ranging from 10-120 hertz. Small white...
nerdgassing n.— «The word: “Nerdgassing” Definition: The venting nerds emit when some (often minor) detail of a book/movie/TV show/comic book/etc either conflicts with canon and/or handwaves through some some suspect science...
Q-dot n.— «Enter Marcel P. Bruchez, a Carnegie Mellon University associate research professor in chemistry and his amazing quantum dots. Q-dots, as they are called, are nanometer-sized crystallized particles with semiconductor properties...
thermal runaway n.— «Thermal runaway is a condition in which the current for a fully charged nickel-cadmium battery rises out of proportion to the impressed-voltage level. This condition is caused when heat from oxygen recombination-an...
PISEBY n.— «The PISEBY [put it in someone else’s back yard] attitude of the NYC BANANA [build absolutely nothing anywhere near anyone] people in city government is making our environment worse, as landfills not only leak, but emit toxic...
wickerbill n.— «The biggest advantage of being uncircumcised is that with practice, you can jerk on your wickerbill and cause it to emit a quacking sound. You can be the life of the party.» —“Re: circumcision” by Mike...