WORD: home brew
PHONICS: `hōm `brü
DATE: circa 2007 from JiruChan.
(v.) any piece of work, creation or modification, made by an individual(s) on less than professional terms somewhere outside the production/manufacturing plant (ie at home).
(adj.) calling a piece of work, creation or modification that was made from scratch or assembled by other means than a professional procedure.
EXAMPLES:
- garage kits are considered "homebrew"
- a homemade cake is considered "homebrew"
- hacked games for emulators are known as "homebrew"
- homemade knockoffs (in general) are "homebrew"
Friday, August 21, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Definition - Karma
WORD: kar ma
PHONICS: `kär-mə
DATE: circa unknown from JiruChan.
(n.) the method of balance believed by an individual that when "something good happens, something terrible in any form will definitely occur" and visa versa.
EX: "today I found that someone had left $8 change in the self check out stand at the nearby Kroger's. Having almost selected the cash back option, I took the money someone unknowingly left behind... later tonight I got a call from my boyfriend say he will not meet my family for dinner tonight because he got sick... "
EX: "today I got my grades back from the midterm; 265/100!! That's 100 for the midterm, 100 automatically for the final, and 65 bonus points toward my final average. The next week I'm fighting the TA in another class because the professor pointed out he misgraded my report, my highest assignment is now under scrutiny by the administration."
PHONICS: `kär-mə
DATE: circa unknown from JiruChan.
(n.) the method of balance believed by an individual that when "something good happens, something terrible in any form will definitely occur" and visa versa.
EX: "today I found that someone had left $8 change in the self check out stand at the nearby Kroger's. Having almost selected the cash back option, I took the money someone unknowingly left behind... later tonight I got a call from my boyfriend say he will not meet my family for dinner tonight because he got sick... "
EX: "today I got my grades back from the midterm; 265/100!! That's 100 for the midterm, 100 automatically for the final, and 65 bonus points toward my final average. The next week I'm fighting the TA in another class because the professor pointed out he misgraded my report, my highest assignment is now under scrutiny by the administration."
Monday, August 3, 2009
Definition - Plan G
WORD: plan g
PHONICS: `plan `jē
DATE: circa unknown from JiruChan.
(n.) a method for achieving a specific goal via detailed formulation.
(adj.) when plan An fails and the alternative back up plan to plan Bn fails too, and all the possible possibilities (but not limited to: alternative options, curve balls, monkey wrenches, last minute changes, interferences, unforeseen accidents, unplanned events, spur of moments, etc.) of plan Dn, En and F[uck it] are thrown out the window... go to plan G.
"I told my parents to weeks that I'm going to Austin for a business trip. Asked if there was anything I could do before I left so it would be there for them. Told everyone weekly where I was going for how many days, with who and where. Made SURE they heard and understood that their daughter is going on a business trip. And yet the night before I leave, they asked me 'where are you going? Austin?! You didn't tell us. We need you to work tomorrow, I meant to tell you.'
Plan G: everything you do is futile, no one cares. Go self inflict and drive to Austin."
PHONICS: `plan `jē
DATE: circa unknown from JiruChan.
(n.) a method for achieving a specific goal via detailed formulation.
(adj.) when plan An fails and the alternative back up plan to plan Bn fails too, and all the possible possibilities (but not limited to: alternative options, curve balls, monkey wrenches, last minute changes, interferences, unforeseen accidents, unplanned events, spur of moments, etc.) of plan Dn, En and F[uck it] are thrown out the window... go to plan G.
"I told my parents to weeks that I'm going to Austin for a business trip. Asked if there was anything I could do before I left so it would be there for them. Told everyone weekly where I was going for how many days, with who and where. Made SURE they heard and understood that their daughter is going on a business trip. And yet the night before I leave, they asked me 'where are you going? Austin?! You didn't tell us. We need you to work tomorrow, I meant to tell you.'
Plan G: everything you do is futile, no one cares. Go self inflict and drive to Austin."
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