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Definitions by Astrapto

My brothers and sisters used to call me 'wee wot' when I was a wee lad.
wee wot by Astrapto February 8, 2017

development by secrecy 

The act or practice of fixing existing problems in an application without
ever notifying users/testers that they were there.
Junior dev: "I just found a JavaScript error in my application, and managed to fix it before the QA testers found it!"
Senior dev: "Man, that's a bad idea. Development by Secrecy will bite you in the butt eventually."

barbie-the-Barbie 

1. In noun form, this word refers to a "roast" or putting-down of an abnormally attractive and cheery person by and for the entertainment of others.

2. In verb form, it means to participate in the act described above.
1. You're saying that my hair is blindingly blond, she's saying that I'm so happy it's depressing...what is this, a barbie-the-Barbie?!?

2. Just look at her, she thinks she's so cool with her sparkling teeth and boots with the fur...ladies, time to barbie-the-Barbie.
barbie-the-Barbie by Astrapto September 10, 2011
The art of making facebook statuses that are valuable to your friends and not annoying.

A practicer of statusry is a statustician.
"97% won't repost this" because it's an awful example of statusry. I bet you have individual ideas to express, creatively and clearly.
statusry by Astrapto June 9, 2011

statustician 

A person skilled in statusry.
Characterized by their postage of insightful, helpful, or valuable status updates on facebook.
That girl just summarized the major trends of F. Scott Fitzgerald's works in just a sentence, with proper and clear grammar. What a statustician!
statustician by Astrapto June 9, 2011
An acronym for "In my incumbent opinion." It's a way of stating that your opinion is not absolute or substantially entrenched in your mind. It could change, under proper circumstances or with different information.

See also imo and imho.
This band isn't all that notable, imio. But we'll see, once their new album comes out.
imio by Astrapto June 1, 2011

schoolpocalypse 

n. Combination of "school", and "apocalypse".
The end of the school year, when students must rush to avoid the consequences of their procrastination. The event is oft-accompanied by weeping, gnashing of teeth, etc.
"Have you seen Miriam lately?" "Nope, she is preparing for schoolpocalypse by putting in all-nighters now. That way she is all rested by the time exams and presentations come up.
schoolpocalypse by Astrapto May 10, 2011