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fleshware 

If you perform a complex function (e.g. software) using people rather than machinery (hardware), the people who carry out the function are fleshware.
Nobel prizewinner Richard Feynman's describes designing a fleshware 'super-computer' made of punch card machines and human calculators to do the complex calculations needed to design the atom bomb at Los Alamos.

There are many other instances in pre-computing era organizations where complex calculations were carried out by rows of nerds with pencils and papers. Earlier implementations include vast libraries of medieval monks acting as printing presses by writing out manuscripts and pairs of sailors (often duplicated for accuracy) acting as speedometers and sonar by casting knotted lines behind the ship, timed against one or more sand hourglasses and leaded lines below it for depth.
fleshware by supercomputerguru August 1, 2011
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FleshPretzel 

1. An intertwining of 2 or more naked bodies.

2. A naked pose that only an incredibly flexible female gymnast can sustain.
1. Upon returning from fetching a drink in the kitchen I discovered three fine females entwined in a FleshPretzel on my bed....AWESOME!

2. See that thing she's doing with her legs behind her ears? That's a FleshPretzel...uh huh!
FleshPretzel by CapTim January 25, 2008

fireshart 

noun

a flatus expelled through the anus with a fiery afterburn, typically due to ingestion of hot foods or sauces 24-48 hours prior.
I just had the biggest fireshart - not only did it burn as it came out of my butt, I thought it blew a whole in my pants!
fireshart by jeepman221 July 22, 2011

fleshware 

First they thought it was a hardware problem, then they said it was a software problem. Eventually they figured out it was a fleshware problem. (eg. the person using the computer made a mistake)
fleshware by Lutie October 23, 2007

Sleepy juice 

Either liquid niquil or any liquid drink with melatonin, Ashwaganda or other sleeping aids in a liquid form. If warm tea helps you get to sleep that could be sleepy juice too.
I could not sleep so I chugged some sleepy juice and now I'm so tired and sleepy.
Sleepy juice by Mercbeamish February 7, 2024
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How bout dem knicks? 

A phrase referring twoard the New York Knicks.
Its usually said to break an unplesent moment of silence.
Guy 1: I think I may be gay.
Guy 2: ...
Guy 1: ...
Guy 2: How bout dem knicks?
How bout dem knicks? by Flame060 March 28, 2005
Word of the Day on June 8, 2026