vanilla g-lotto's definitions

on-site

(Adj., Adv.)

At the office location of another person or organization.

Contrast to:
- remote (adj)
- off-site (adj)
- offsite (noun)
- telecommute, dial in (verb)

We're planning an on-site meeting with the client. (The meeting is at the client's office.)

She can fix most server problems remotely, but she'll have to go on-site for this one. (The person will be at the physical location of the server.)

I work on-site three days a week. (I am at the main workplace when I do the work.)

by vanilla g-lotto December 19, 2004

Prunetucky

Prunedale, California. So called because it's more rural than Salinas.

Dude, enough Denny's, let's catch the MST to Prunetucky for some real action. (sarcastic)

by vanilla g-lotto December 21, 2004

snow machine

1. Snowmobile (Alaska slang = snowmachine)
2. Snowmaking machine, for a ski slope.
3. A machine used in a theater to create the illusion of falling snow.

I rode my snow machine, over some fake snow from the snow machine, and I remembered a movie where they obviously were using a snow machine.

by vanilla g-lotto December 27, 2004

zip

1. To compress files into .zip format.
2. An Iomega Zip cartridge.
3. To send something easily and quickly. (This is the dictionary definition that predates the other two.)

Can you send me that Photoshop file on a Syquest?

Dude, fuhgeddaboudit. Zip it and put it on a zip, and zip it over to me.

by vanilla g-lotto December 29, 2004

Dems

Democrats, either individual voters or their party organization. An abbreviation used by political insiders.

Dems are voting as a block this year - no way to shake it.

The dems and reeps both want to stop third parties from getting any momentum.

by vanilla g-lotto December 19, 2004

hey, batter batter

This is something you yell if you're playing baseball, and you're on the sidelines, trying to distract the batter so he'll screw up.

Hey, batter batter!

Hey, batta batta!

by vanilla g-lotto December 20, 2004

mag

Magnetic tape - the big thick stuff they used in the 1960s for data storage, and some poor sods are still using today. Also used in an analog audio studio.

Mag tape.

Put it on a mag.

by vanilla g-lotto December 29, 2004