Gumba Gumba's definitions

run to the hills

See Iron maiden

Run to the hills, run for your li-i-ives!

by Gumba Gumba March 6, 2004

punch-up

Slang (Mainly Brit.)


Slugging Fist-fight which will often involve fairly even numbers and teams of around 5-10 a piece (usually, there are exceptions such as major punch-ups). The fight will continue until either all competitiors have ejected themselves but the victor, or until a form of authority has arrived to separate everyone.

We had a punch-up in the local park over the weekend.

by Gumba Gumba February 27, 2004

acorn

crappy early nineties computers sold to schools with illiterate idiots in them.

A 1993 acorn,

by Gumba Gumba May 30, 2004

tree-hugger

Slur for a flower-child or hippy

Look at the tree-huggers without cars whining about McDonalds.

by Gumba Gumba March 4, 2004

policy driven

Any product which is needed to operate a business, and so noraml rules of supply and demand tend not to apply.

Oil is policy driven, so an increase in price does not mean less units will be sold.

by Gumba Gumba May 14, 2004

enigma

The Enigma was an electro-mechanical rotor cypher machine used for both encryption and decryption, widely used in various forms in Europe from the early 1920s on. It is most famous for having been adopted by most German military forces from about 1930 on. Ease of use and the supposedly unbreakable cypher were the main reasons for its widespread use. The cypher was in fact broken, and the reading of information in the messages it didn't protect is generally credited with ending World War II at least a year earlier than it would have otherwise.

The British encryption machine, Typex, and several American ones, eg the SIGABA or M-134-C, were similar in principle to Enigma, but far more secure. The first modern rotor cypher machine, by Edward Hebern, was considerably less secure, a fact noted by William F. Friedman when it was offered to the US Government.

See also bletchley Park.

by Gumba Gumba April 10, 2006

Alfa Romeo

Cheap Italian sports cars well known for having the lifespan of a rabbit. With the exception of well maintained classics (Guiletta SS, GT-V, Racing models, some Sprint and alfa-Suds, Spyder) the typical Alfa will become a write-off in under ten years, largely due to transmission destruction.

Alfa Romeo's and Lancia's are for people that want a cheap, crap Italian sports car, but can't afford a Ferrari, Maserati or Lamborghini.

by Gumba Gumba April 13, 2004