Speedog's definitions

V-2

Noun (abbreviation): a sub-orbital, intermediate range ballistic missile carrying an explosive warhead, officially known (in German) as "Vergeltungswaffe 2" (Eng. trans: "Vengeance weapon 2"), deployed by Nazi Germany against Britain and other Allied European nations beginning in September of 1944, and continuing until the cessation of its production in March, 1945.

"The V-2 was Hitler's last hope to stave off defeat, but his scientists were unable to develop a nuclear warhead which could be delivered to London, or multiple rocket staqes which could have placed Washington, D.C. within reach of the weapon."

by speedog June 14, 2010

godly whore

Noun: an ostensibly sanctimonious female whose personal sexual behavior contrasts with her moralistic pretensions.

“Karen is such a godly whore; she rags on the rest of the cheerleading squad, but she laid most of the football team.”

by Speedog November 14, 2009

turtle

Verb (nautical terminology): to capsize, as in a boat, ship, or other sea-going vessel.

After a merciless bombardment by American dive bombers, the Japanese superbattleship "Yamato" turned turtle and sank, taking nearly her entire crew to the bottom.

by speedog July 27, 2010

boob smash

Noun (athletic slang): a wrestling technique in which an aggressor female thrusts her torso against the torso of her combatant, the object being to upset the balance of the combatant and thereby obtain confrontational advantage.

In the now-famous "Miller Lite Catfight" TV commercial, Tonya Ballinger uses the boob smash against her erstwhile opponent, Kitana Baker, in the cement mixing tray.

by speedog July 10, 2010

flank speed

Noun (naval terminology): the highest speed commandable of a warship under normal (peacetime) conditions, succeeding the terms "normal", "regular" or "standard" speed, and (under wartime conditions) preceded sequentially in velocity by the terms "attack speed", and finally "ramming speed".

"Upon lookout sight of the enemy ships, the consul Quintus Arrius ordered his ships to come to flank speed."

by speedog May 2, 2010

white dwarf

Noun (astrophysics term): the small, highly-dense stellar body remaining after the nova detonation of a "main sequence" star, typically Earth-sized in overall dimension, but displacing a gravitational mass equivalent to that of the Earth's Sun.

Astrophysicists now calculate that white dwarf stars may account for as much as 6% of all the known stars in our quadrant of the Milky Way galaxy.

by speedog July 13, 2010

Mocha Dick

Noun: an albino male sperm whale known to inhabit the Pacific Ocean near Mocha Island in the early 19th century, credited with sinking several whaling ships which were in pursuit of members of his pod. Considered the inspiration for Herman Melville's novel "Moby-Dick, or The Whale", published in 1851.

As the harpoon boats approached, Mocha Dick played dead, evidently to lure them in closer, until he could counter-attack.

by speedog June 13, 2010