Prior to the invention of the chronometer, pirates did not have an accurate method for measuring time, without which led to them steering off course and sometimes missing their destinations entirely. The chronometer's time-keeping accuracy allowed sailors to measure the stars against specific points in time, thus giving them their longitude. This changed navigation forever by allowing sailors to stay on the correct course to their destination.

Arg matey, set your chronometer!

Chronometer by Captain Loser October 23, 2005

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Corometery

A small area in the cemetery that has been allocated for those who had died of Covid-19, so that future generations would remember the price their ancestors paid in fighting the pandemic.

Only the wealthy have so far been able to bury their loved ones in a corometery, because the burial space commands a premium price, which is beyond what the common people could afford—who says that death doesn’t differentiate between the rich and the poor?

Corometery by Covido November 14, 2020

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Condometer

A gauge on a scale of 1 to 10, used to judge how necessary the use of a condom is.

1 in 3 of all men have fed her the business; I would say shes bout a 9! On the condometer!

Condometer by Matt Tim Ryan 17 September 21, 2009

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chronometer

A device for the telling or measurment of time; clock.

I put my new chronometer on the wall.

chronometer by Hellcry June 26, 2004

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