atemperman's definitions

octopi

An attempted pluralization of the word "octopus". "Octopus", however, does not pluralize as most other words ending in "-us" borrowed from Latin. The proper Latin plural of "octopus" is "octopodes" (pronounced in English "awk-t@-POE-deez"). Saying "octopodes", however, is like pronouncing the first "r" in "February"--something seldom done and appreciated, however greatly, by very few. Your best bet is just to stick with the good old English pluralization, "octopuses".

While the two syllabontes of our mollusk neurobiology class differed in some ways, they both mentioned a discussion of how octopodes *octopi, while certainly not as intelligent as homines sapientes, were nonetheless the smartest of the invertebrata.

by atemperman January 25, 2004

oxbridge

A term combining "Oxford" and "Cambridge", the two oldest and most prestigious English universities.

The centrality of alcohol to social life is something that eve Oxbridge shares with the rest of the British universities.

by atemperman January 24, 2004

se gayer

verb: to dress or affect oneself so as to accentuate one's homosexuality. Conjugates as a french verb, thus:
1st person singular: Je me gaie
2nd person singular: Tu te gaies
3rd person singular: Il/Elle/On se gaie
1st person plural: Nous nous gayons
2nd person plural: Vous vous gayez
3rd person plural: Ils/Elles se gaient

I'm going out to Heaven tonight, so I'd better <i> me gayer </i> right now.

Queer Bash starts in ten minutes! Gayons-nous!

by atemperman April 20, 2003

PSR

Acronym for "pretty sorry research". Resembles acronyms such as "ESR" and "EPR", which are legitimate scientific terms.

After the laser broke, we were reduced to doing PSR for a month.

by atemperman January 24, 2004

failurrific

describing or characterized by an impressive failure

Her attempt to jump off her bike onto a trampoline was failurrific.

by atemperman April 20, 2003

googolplex

The number represented by 1 followed by a googol zeros. Often misspelled as "google", a search engine.

Dude, your mom's so fat, she's like a googolplex pounds.

by atemperman January 24, 2004

biblical

1. Pertaining to the Bible, the sacred text of Christianity.
2. (slang) Characterizing harsh, serious treatment.
3. (slang) Sexual. Used in the phrase, "in the Biblical sense", esp. applied to the use of the verb "know".

(def. 2): Tony said if we don't get the job done by Friday, he's going to have to get biblical on our asses.

(def. 3): Yeah, I'm really glad I got to know Lisa. Heh, in the biblical sense.

by atemperman January 24, 2004