Definitions by 07079
2-planker
A slang term for a skier give as a friendly jibe by his snowboarder buddies. becoming archaic as the heady days of the skier vs. snowboarder feuds are on the wane.
Snowboarder: "Hey 2-planker, good job crossing you tips back there! they teach you that in dork school?"
Skier: "Well, l I would have been fine if you knuckledraggers hadn't scraped the snow from the trails"
Skier: "Well, l I would have been fine if you knuckledraggers hadn't scraped the snow from the trails"
HRT
Abbrev. For "high rising terminal"
Also known as uptalk or rising inflection, it is the tendency for condescending, know-it-alls to end everything they say in in way that sounds like a question.
Also known as uptalk or rising inflection, it is the tendency for condescending, know-it-alls to end everything they say in in way that sounds like a question.
Computer geek: "So basically..? Next time you boot your PC make sure it plugged in? MmmmKay?"
User: "Enough with the HRT, you condescending dork."
User: "Enough with the HRT, you condescending dork."
Green Tunnel
Another term for the Appalachian Trail: the 2200 mile hiking path from Georgia to Maine. It is called the green tunnel because much of it lies in the low altitude deciduous forests of the east coast and the constant view looking down the trail is like looking through a "green tunnel."
Green Tunnel by 07079 September 13, 2011
Flarpswitch
I hit the flarpswitch by accident on the way down the basement stairs and tumbled the rest of the way in the dark.
Flarpswitch by 07079 August 16, 2011
Conjob
The conservative slight-of-hand when defending outsourcing jobs by saying that it is not the role of private enterprise to solve the nations unemployment problem but rather to make profits for their shareholders. And then when discussing taxes, contradicting themselves by asserting that it is not the role of government to create jobs but for the private sector. Which is why they need massive tax breaks.
Dry Gulch
To knock someone out with a vase, frying pan or other handy object as they walk through the doorway.
Zune
An MP3 player primarily marketed toward Microsoft fanbois or for people who hate Apple. Although later models were decent enough, the launch product was crippled and ridiculed to the point where it poisoned the brand forever.
5 years later most people still haven't heard of it as it awaits cancellation by Microsoft.
5 years later most people still haven't heard of it as it awaits cancellation by Microsoft.