17 definitions by ksmanning
Falling, tripping, or otherwise wiping out while on a geocache hunt because you were not paying attention to the trail, but were staring at your GPS unit instead.
Danny broke his ankle in a geocrash! He was doing a geocache and never saw the tree root because he was looking at his GPS instead.
by ksmanning November 13, 2010
by ksmanning November 8, 2009
A wuwuzela: The constant, highly irritating background noise created by crowds of people, usually women (AKA "woo-girls") and usually as audience members at TV shows like "Oprah", "Dancing with the Stars", "American Idol" and "The Biggest Loser", as they scream "WOOOOO!" enmasse.
Can be written "wuwuzela".
Can be written "wuwuzela".
WOOOOOOOO! We're woowoozelas!
by ksmanning September 23, 2010
All visual elements in charts and graphs that are not necessary to comprehend the information represented on the graph, or that distract the viewer from this information.
Coined by Edward Tufte, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Statistics, and Computer Science at Yale University;
Member, Recovery Independent Advisory Panel for President Barack Obama
Coined by Edward Tufte, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Statistics, and Computer Science at Yale University;
Member, Recovery Independent Advisory Panel for President Barack Obama
(1) USA Today had a graph with so much chartjunk all over it I couldn't even tell what the point was.
(2) His PowerPoint had so much clipart ! All that chartchunk hid so much of the real info that I was able to fall asleep for the whole talk.
(2) His PowerPoint had so much clipart ! All that chartchunk hid so much of the real info that I was able to fall asleep for the whole talk.
by ksmanning March 25, 2010
A wimpy individual, a wuss, sissy, or timid scaredy-cat. Someone who cannot make a move until everything is known beforehand.
Originating from the people on "Wheel of Fortune" who either buy a vowel when it is already obvious what the solution is (thus wasting money), or who buy a vowel too early, well before they'd have a chance of solving the puzzle, and thus essentially buy a free vowel for whoever spins next.
Originating from the people on "Wheel of Fortune" who either buy a vowel when it is already obvious what the solution is (thus wasting money), or who buy a vowel too early, well before they'd have a chance of solving the puzzle, and thus essentially buy a free vowel for whoever spins next.
The clue was "A game show", he had
"WH _ _ L _F F _ RTUN _"
on the board, and he bought the three E's before guessing! What a vowel buyer!"
To the car in front of you: "C'mon, you vowel buyer! Pull out into traffic and get going! You'll never have a bigger gap!"
"WH _ _ L _F F _ RTUN _"
on the board, and he bought the three E's before guessing! What a vowel buyer!"
To the car in front of you: "C'mon, you vowel buyer! Pull out into traffic and get going! You'll never have a bigger gap!"
by ksmanning March 7, 2010
When a professor is denied tenure and exacts revenge by shooting up the department and/or the administration with whom they worked.
The biology professor was awarded tenure because the department was afraid she was crazing enough that she'd be going Huntsville.
by ksmanning February 17, 2010
by ksmanning November 22, 2009