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A situation in which several people all have guns (or, occasionally, other projectile weapons) pointed at each other's heads.
The origins of the 'Mexican' part is unknown
The origins of the 'Mexican' part is unknown
by Darth Ridley September 21, 2006
Get the mexican standoff mug.On Wikipedia, an edit war is where someone changes an entry, and then someone else changes it back. These two then keep changing the entry back and forth rather than discussing the matter on the talk page.
Recently, and edit war on Wikipedia's 'British Isles' entry over whether it was right to include Ireland in the British isles led to textbook pbulisher Fallons to remove all references to the 'British isles' from the Irish editions of their atlases.
by Darth Ridley December 27, 2006
Get the edit war mug.Mess entropy refers to the tendency of a room to naturally become less tidy as time progresses. May be expressed mathematically as:
dE=dM/t
where E is the mess entropy, M is the actual amount of mess, and t is a given time interval.
dE=dM/t
where E is the mess entropy, M is the actual amount of mess, and t is a given time interval.
by Darth Ridley March 6, 2007
Get the mess entropy mug.A group of academics who exclusively cite each other and nobody else.
Rare in science, but surprisingly common in arts and humanities.
Rare in science, but surprisingly common in arts and humanities.
Mary's research on sexuality in Victorian times ran into a snag when she hit a citation circle and couldn't get out.
by Darth Ridley January 6, 2007
Get the citation circle mug.Basically, the male equivalent of chick lit. Books aimed at young men, typically with lots of action, adventure, and explosions.
The works of Tom Clancy, Michael Crichton, and Robert Ludlum would probably be considered dick lit, though plenty of older men like these guys a lot too.
by Darth Ridley January 6, 2007
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