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Joule Misanthropy

The avoidance of using the Joule as a unit of energy. Sometimes used equivocally, especially in the United States, in describing a strong preference for the use of the calorie. Specifically, Joule Misanthropy refers to those who castigate or otherwise judge humans who do express energy as joules. Joule Misanthropists are known as being particularly intransigent in their anti-joule stance.

This inclination and its relatively widespread popularity are thought to have been originated by those who opposed the popularity of James Prescott Joule. This movement probably began after Joule famously spurned William Thomson (later Lord Kelvin); the two had planned an experiment together, which Joule then neglected in favor of marriage and a honeymoon. Although essentially left standing at the flask, Lord Kelvin understood and offered his congratulations to the happy couple. However, Kelvin supporters were enraged and began an anti-Joule campaign. This caught hold particularly in the Americas, probably due the residual anti-English sentiment of the time.

Formally, Joule Misanthropy is defined as the the use of a unit of energy other than the joule in a context in which the use of said unit would generally be considered illogical or not practical. For example, expressing the energy required by a human to lift a small object in electronvolts would constitute Joule Misanthropy.
"Hey, I heard Patty was accepted to that prestigious US institution!"

"Yes, but he has decided not to attend due to the widespread Joule Misanthropy there."

"That's a shame. I can't believe people can still be so small minded in the 21st century."
by Big Diggity February 19, 2015
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Ghetto Indole

An indole from the hood. These indoles are associated with elevated reactivity, increased thermal decomposition, and enhanced reactivity at the 3 position. Some ghetto indoles aggregate into gangs, such as the "Crimson Peptides" and the "Cryptophans." This activity and the resulting reactions are sometimes implicated in the misfolding of proteins.
Hey Vinnie, did you see that L-tryptophan is gonna be on pimp my heterocycle? Dude that's awesome, that ghetto indole has come a long way from the hood, check out those spinning rings!
by Big Diggity April 15, 2015
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Diggity Chops

noun
1. Extreme skill or ability with regard to a particular action or activity.
2. Chicken cooked in the style of pork chops; roasting, grilling, or frying, but there are also recipes of stuffed diggity chops. The cut includes the miniature chicken T-bone. It is then deep fried. Informally known as Ohio U Chitlin Legs.

verb
1. The process of evaluating and commenting on a female's appearance, usually implies a favorable assessment.

adjective
1. A description of a skill or ability, implies supremacy or mastery.

adverb
1. To add speed and class and/or stealth to an activity.
"Yo son, you hear Jaqwan play Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C minor? Damn he diggity chops!"

See Bill Cosby reference diggity chops chicken: Cosby Loses His Mind on ESPN 2, 5, and 6

"Man, you see that girl!? Damn son...diggity chops!!!"

"Yo son, you hear Jaamaal play Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C minor? Damn he got mad diggity chops!"

"Come on Shaneeqwa, we in a hurry, I know you dressed up but get over here and order me a hot n spicy diggity chops!"

Han: "Keep your distance Chewie but don't look like you're trying to keep your distance."

Chewbacca: "Ngyargh yargh."

Han: "I don't know...diggity chops sicfly casual."
by Big Diggity February 22, 2012
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Idiocracy

"Hey have you seen that new Michael Moore documentary Idiocracy? Yea man, stupid is as stupid does."
by Big Diggity August 2, 2012
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Momylation

1. The process of impregnating a female; thereby transforming her into a mom (mother). Often used casually in reference to copulation, the formal definition includes the entire process of intercourse, fertilization, gestation, and birth.

2. The protection of an alcohol with a methoxymethyl acetal group. The momylated alcohol is stable to most conditions, notable exceptions including acidic media and a few oxidizing/reducing agents.
Dude when it comes to momylation, Doug is the master. He momylated his wife, two primary alcohols, and a phenol all in one week.
by Big Diggity April 15, 2015
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Brønsted Relationship

Describes the correlation between degree of attraction and relationship kinetics. When used to describe a precise period within a relationship it indicates the "friends with benefits" zone; when log (attraction) is proportional to log (rate of relationship progression). Unfortunately no Bronsted Relationship lasts forever, hence the "ø." Eventually the linear correlation breaks down when the mechanism of attraction changes as the relationship matures. Also at very high degrees of attraction, the rate may become saturated and become a zero order process. As in both parties are focusing on zero considerations apart from physical intimacy.
Human 1: "Dude; Jack and Rose are all over each other!"
Human 2: "Yea it's still a Brønsted Relationship."
Human 1: "Well it's a bummer cause Jack never comes over to watch football or make creme brulee anymore."
Human 2: "Don't worry, in a few months they'll be over it."
by Big Diggity January 16, 2015
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Radical Coffee

A single (one) cup of Joe. Highly reactive with humans, radical coffees generally follow the steady state approximation, ie the quantity does not build up because it is rapidly consumed. Free radical coffee, that is Java unbound by monetary exchange requirements, is even more labile such that it may react with a given human multiple times.

By contrast paired cups of coffee are not nearly as reactive, although there remains considerable debate regarding the degeneracy of the orbitals (approximated as "pots") from whence they came; and, if even degenerate, whether coffee is indeed subject to Hund's Rule. Further study (and funding please?) is needed to elucidate the nature of multiple filled coffee cups.
"Hey Paul, could you grab Bobby Jo a cup of Joe for the seminar? He's running late."
"I would but it's already gone. Man that free radical coffee went like LiHMDS at a proton convention"

The author would like to point out that it is improbable (at best!) to use the word "whence" correctly whilst under the influence of radical coffee.
by Big Diggity April 3, 2015
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