3 definitions by Jan Drake
Quick! What's another name for thesaurus?!?
Hard isn't it. Allow us to help. We introduce you to the synonymicon.
Hidden and guarded for centuries from the sight of dictionary editors in order to prevent a black hole of recursion from swallowing all intelligent beings, the synonymicon is, unlike a normal grimoire such as the necronomicon, a massive tome containing a single, destructive word of abjuration:
Thesaurus
For centuries this tome has been sought by the dumbest, brazenly visceral intellectuphobes in a bid to return the world to it's basest animal state.
Hard isn't it. Allow us to help. We introduce you to the synonymicon.
Hidden and guarded for centuries from the sight of dictionary editors in order to prevent a black hole of recursion from swallowing all intelligent beings, the synonymicon is, unlike a normal grimoire such as the necronomicon, a massive tome containing a single, destructive word of abjuration:
Thesaurus
For centuries this tome has been sought by the dumbest, brazenly visceral intellectuphobes in a bid to return the world to it's basest animal state.
Tyler consulted the synonymicon and I kept getting referred to the thesaurus. If they ever add synonymicon to the thesaurus for the word thesaurus, a cascade trap will capture intellectual minds in a recursive process that eventually starves them of the will to live.
by Jan Drake August 23, 2019
The pavlovian act of reaching, or needing to reach, for one's cell phone in a group social setting in response to someone else's cell phone activity (usually a ring, or vibration, or merely lighting up).
Cellivation is an emergent behavior in cell-phone dominated cultures and can cause significant disruptions in group social activity (see example below).
Cellivation is an emergent behavior in cell-phone dominated cultures and can cause significant disruptions in group social activity (see example below).
A group of people are at brunch engaged in a deep conversation about social psychology. Suddenly, a cell phone on the table vibrates. Before the person can reach their cell phone, the conversation abruptly stops as people reach for their cell phones. This is cellivation at its cultural worst. "KQ's cell phone rang causing Scott to cellivate and interrupt the conversation, subsequently helping to invent this word"
by Jan Drake September 24, 2007
A collection of code that works but is clearly the sole result of necessity, genius, or insanity. Steampunked code typically combines odd technologies and libraries in a way that makes an engineer do a double-take. Also characterized as a collection of code components that engender a response of "WTF?" by new codebase participants due to it not being apparent why the fuck someone would do such a thing. Steampunk codebases, when not rationalizable as truly necessary, drive good software engineers nuts in a visceral, usually quite loud, manner and can result in rebellion and heavy attrition if not addressed responsibly.
"Take a look at this steampunk codebase! Can you believe this shipped? I can't figure out whether the programmer who wrote this nuts or genius."
by Jan Drake October 20, 2013