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Trogdor

Full Name: Trogdor the Burninator. A character from www.homestarrunner.com. In one of the Strongbad Emails, Strongbad was asked to draw a dragon; Trogdor the Burninator was the result.

Trogdor is extremely popular on the internet, and is one of the biggest reasons for the success of Homestar Runner.

by progamer124 May 23, 2004

synesthesia

A condition where real information from one sense is joined with false perceptions from other senses. People with this condition can "see" sound, or "smell" colors, etc. The experience varies from person to person. One synesthetic may have a solid color overlaying their vision, corresponding to pitch and volume; another may see different colors for different letters (K is always red, C is always blue for example). Synesthesia is often experienced when taking high doses of LSD; the likelihood of this effect appears to directly correlate to dosage.

Synesthetics often become composers or musicians; their unique ability to visualize sound is a distinct advantage.

by progamer124 March 18, 2004

DARE

Drug Abuse Resistance Education. An anti-drug program with a seriously flawed reputation, at times giving out misleading , inaccurate, or outright false information. Critics often point to the lack of any evidence that DARE actually affects drug use. Drug users (and kids in general) often ridicule the program.

I saw the DARE officer smoking in the parking lot.

by progamer124 December 14, 2004

excuses are like asses

The full phrase is "Excuses are like asses; everybody's got em." There are many variations on this phrase; for example, some people may add "and they all stink" to the end, or change "asses" to "assholes." The phrase appears to have evolved from the related phrase, "Opinions are like assholes - everybody's got one."

"It wasn't my fault I was late, the traffic was bad!"
"Excuses are like asses. Everybody's got em, and they all stink."

by progamer124 May 23, 2004

nth

Short for Nothing. It is apparently Asian internet lingo.

I'm doing absolutely nth all week.

by progamer124 December 19, 2004

independent

Having no political affiliation; not a member of an organized political party.

I'm not a democrat, I'm not a republican. I'm an Independent.

by progamer124 July 11, 2003

LD50

Lethal Dose, 50%. Refers to the dosage of a given drug required to kill 50% of a test population. The LD50 is usually measured in units of mass of drug per units of body mass; for example, mg/kg. This type of measurement is used to help ensure that the size of the specimen has no effect on the dosage measurement, as a large specimen can generally take a larger dose of a toxin without fatal effects. The measure is often known colloquially as the "semilethal dose;" while it may not always be lethal to a given subject, it will be lethal around half the time.

The LD50 for nicotine in rats is around 50 mg/kg, but it is only 3 mg/kg in mice. What's the LD50 for humans, you ask? Well, if you're willing to participate in the experiment to find out, go buy some cigarettes and knock yourself out (literally).

by progamer124 May 16, 2004