JavaJaneOhio's definitions

human search engine

Reference librarian.

I googled that question our prof assigned us but didn't get any usable info, so I txted a human search engine and got the answer within a couple minutes.

by JavaJaneOhio August 17, 2010

digital regret

That bad feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when you realize you posted something you shouldn't have on your blog or other social media where everyone can see it.

I got fired for ranting about my boss on facebook. Boy do I have digital regret!

by JavaJaneOhio July 22, 2010

poop in the punch bowl

1. Something that spoils the fun for everyone else.

2. A person that points out a flaw in the plan that everyone else is excited about.
3. A person who refuses to have fun when everyone else is.
4. A person who intentionally diverts the attention away from something fun by creating unnecessary drama.

Dave's bad news ruined the party for everyone else last night. Why did he have to be the poop in the punch bowl?

by JavaJaneOhio July 10, 2010

junkspeak

The ramblings of politicians. The meaningless jumble of catch-phrases, buzzwords, sound bites and cliches by which politicians communicate to their followers.

The candidate's rally speech was so full of junkspeak that only his disciples understood him.

by JavaJaneOhio November 3, 2010

sissy terms

explaining something in simple terms for uninitiated persons, especially highly technical information put into terms even a child would understand. Making tech talk understandable by the masses.

I couldn't understand TCP/IP until my buddy put it in sissy terms for me.

by JavaJaneOhio September 26, 2011

cowtown

1. A large city that springs up from a small rural town in which the residents are still unsophisticated or uneducated in the ways of the world and still think in small-town ways.

2. A semi-rural place where cows literally live near the residential areas.

Columbus, Ohio has the reputation of being a cowtown.

by JavaJaneOhio July 30, 2010

winnow

verb

to remove people you are no longer friends with from your Facebook or other social media friends list.

I had like 2000 friends on Facebook, so I winnowed them down to the 100 people I actually like.

by JavaJaneOhio December 3, 2010