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engineerasm 

something geeks, nerds and others with a logical, scientific or otherwise academic nature can have when experiencing things related to a favoured field that they find particularly mentally beautiful and/or satisfying.
- Did you see that documentary on jet engines last night?
- Yeah! When that slo-mo footage of the full power blade off test was on I had a little engineerasm.

When we got round that functionality problem by using a cross-scope lambda expression as a parameter of that delegate code I totally had a massive engineerasm all over the compiler.
engineerasm by Ser Olmy July 13, 2010
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armchair engineers 

These are typically 24 year old yuppie wannabees straight out of college. It takes about 18 months to get them to the point where they can actually do something constructive for the company. Once this happens, they get a stupid title with the word "worldwide director" or something, and from this point on will not put their hands on anything tangible, like a product.
"Man, that Jeremy is an egghead. We finally get him to the point where he can walk without hand-holding and he gets a position with the armchair engineers."

engineers without borders 

A humanitarian engineering organization that strives to improve quality of life through sustainable engineering projects in communities around the world.
Dude 1: Did you hear that Duke Engineers without Borders is going to Uganda this summer?

Dude 2: Yeah they are installing a rainwater harvesting system or something.

Engineers Luck 

Generally used in IT. Whereas a caller comes on the phone saying they've already done the thing that the engineer is most likely to ask first. The engineer will ask the user to do it while on the phone and then it suddenly works.
In other words, the user has just lied their bollocks off.
Caller: Hi, i've already rebooted my pc like 3 times and my program doesn't work
Engineer: Can you reboot your pc while on the phone to me right now?
Caller: Ok *wait for a minute or two
Caller: Oh! It's working now.
Engineer: Of course it is, that's Engineers Luck. Bye now.
Engineers Luck by Ld Havoc January 27, 2007

Enginegasm 

noun.
A highly tuned car's engine has an enginegasm when it is revved. It's that beautiful sound you hear coming out of Porsches, Ferraris, Lamborghinis, etc, that causes you to eargasm.
Jake told Kat about his Porsche 911 Turbo's enginegasm yesterday. He subsequently had an eargasm. It sounded so good!
Enginegasm by starrskis June 23, 2010

Engineers Fault 

On a construction site no matter what when things go wrong it is always the engineers fault even if they are not responsible or on site at the time.
Site Manager- "why is this wrong"
{Person who as done it} - "Engineers Fault"

A Wank of Engineers 

A collective noun to describe a group of more than 3 engineers in one place. Similar to a herd of Elephants or a murder of Crows.
"I work in a building with a wank of engineers"
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Example 1:
“Did you see that caillou over there? His head is reflecting the sun like a disco ball.”
Example 2:
“I think Dave is finally accepting his hair loss. He just went full caillou and shaved the whole thing off.”
caillou by WMH01 September 12, 2026
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Brought-upsy 

scruples; to have manners;

May also be spelt Brought-upsie

WestIndian/Caribbean in orient - Barbados, WHUT.
Example 1: Child, you ain't got no brought-upsy?

Translation: My Child, have you not any manners?



Example 2: What, you ain't got no brought-upsy?

Translation: I can't believe you're doing that. Were you not taught any manners as a child?
Brought-upsy by B-Town Gilly April 20, 2005
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The practice of modifying a model (not limited to toy action figures) to achieve some result other than that intended by the manufacturer. ...
I had to kitbash my Luke Skywalker figure with my Darth Vader figure because Luke was missing a hand.
kitbash by geru January 15, 2006
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Satellite baddies

Attractive women who are far from your location.
There are no hot girls in the area, theres only satellite baddies.
Satellite baddies by Banksy123 September 5, 2026
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Omg, the ramifications!”
-“You forgot about the rammys, bro.”
Rammys by Brandonmical August 4, 2023
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Failure Shower 

When you fail at something in life (eg. failing an exam or not getting a job), go home and spend an hour just standing in the shower, propping yourself up against the wall with your eyes on your feet.
Caleb knew the only thing to do after he didnt get prefect was take a failure shower.
Failure Shower by Vikingnz October 27, 2009
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