shitmuckleyuck

A particularly unsightly shade of light to medium brown.

Often found on old cars or aircraft.

That car is one ogly shade of shitmuckleyuck, man!

by Athene Airheart March 21, 2004

ailerons

Plural for aileron. Part of an airplane's wing.

It is very hard to turn an airplane if you don't use ailerons.

by Athene Airheart May 15, 2004

ramp rat

Someone who hangs around the airport a lot. Generally, more ramp rats will be found in smaller, friendlier airports, where there are flight schools and such to mooch coffee off of.

The ramp is the large concrete area where planes are parked. Contrary to it's name, ramps are usually fairly flat.

See airport bum.

I made a good landing, even the ramp rats behind the fence thought so when they saw it.

by Athene Airheart May 01, 2004

groundhog

Similar to groundling but slightly ruder. Someone who can't fly.

I'd like to have started flight school at sixteen but my dad is too much of a groundhog.

by Athene Airheart May 13, 2005

scrub

This is also 1930's slang for a poor college student.

Matthew is a real scrub. I don't think he ever leaves the campus, and he has a hard time getting a job- but he's a good guy.

by Athene Airheart May 01, 2004

pilot

1. Anyone who can fly an aircraft. Pilots can be military, commercial, or fly for pleasure.

2. In general, a fairly skilled and intelligent individual who had the guts to get into an aircraft and learn how to fly it. Often possessing of a "higher" mindset. Most of us are good lookin,' too.

Joke to prove I have a sense of humor too:

How do you know if a pilot is at a cocktail party?

He'll tell you.

"The ultimate responsibility of the pilot is to fulfill the dreams of the countless millions of earthbound ancestors who could only stare skyward and wish."

by Athene Airheart March 14, 2004

decimate

A frequently misused word.

Decimate literally means to reduce something by a tenth, but many people use it instead to mean "totally destroy." The word "obliterate" would be a better choice than "decimate."

Decimate comes from the root "deci-" which can be found in other words involving ten, "decimal" for example.

When I decimated the cookies I ate ten out of the hundred-cookie batch.

Joe decimated the rock collection by getting rid of one tenth of the rocks.

by Athene Airheart March 24, 2004