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Reticulate my Spline 

When you want to tell someone "Suck my dick" in a way that only 90s kids will know the reference, tell them this.

reticulating splines 

Nonsense technobabble used in a production context.

Reticulating splines started off as an in-joke at Maxis and grew to fame with the widespread popularity of The Sims. While it does have a "real" meaning, this definition isn't actually correct in the context of its use. It's really a programming joke.

Reticulating splines is essentially filler. Don't want to describe what's holding up the program? It's reticulating splines. Why isn't the Internet working? The splines aren't reticulated. Heck, don't want to explain your calculus assignment? We're reticulating splines this week.

See also processor gremlins for the computer hardware equivalent.
Sorry the video took so long to upload. Reticulating splines took hours!
reticulating splines by ndm13 April 21, 2015

feticulate 

A portmanteau of 'fecal' and 'particulate'.

Feticulate is the collective term for the airborne microscopic shit particles which accompany a fart. The level of feticulate is much worse if the fart is unfiltered (via clothing such as underwear) or if the originator of the fart accidentally draws muck at the time of farting.
"Please keep you anus closed while we are in the elevator. I do not care to breathe your feticulate."
feticulate by Johnny Domino October 27, 2011

reticulated giraffe 

The reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata), also known as the Somali giraffe, is a subspecies of giraffe native to the Horn of Africa. It lives in Somalia, southern Ethiopia, and northern Kenya. There are approximately 8,500 individuals living in the wild. The reticulated giraffe was described and given its binomial name by British zoologist William Edward de Winton in 1899, however the IUCN currently recognizes only one species of giraffe with nine subspecies.

Reticulated giraffes can interbreed with other giraffe species in captivity or if they come into contact with populations of other species in the wild.

Together with the Rothschild's giraffe, it is by far the giraffe that is most commonly seen in zoos. Its coat consists of large, polygonal, liver-colored spots outlined by a network of bright-white lines. The blocks may sometimes appear deep red and may also cover the legs. Giraffes are the tallest mammals in the world.
Me: That's a cute reticulated giraffe you have there!
The scared zoo owner who saw me break inside his zoo: Yeah, uh, thanks. Get out.

reticulating splines 

v.
A necessary computation performed by numerous Maxis Sim games. Content simply cannot be generated without meticulous reticulation.

See: reticulatingsplines on ytmnd for further information.
I just generated a random map, but had to wait for the game to finish reticulating splines.

reticklation 

the spontanious and obnoxious laughter that occurs right before one knows (s)he is going to be tickled.
Elam: Why are you laughing already? I haven't even tickled you yet!
Anna: It's not my fault, I'm suffering from reticklation.
reticklation by xxannakate April 13, 2011