7-level

A small screwdriver with a fine tip and having a pen clip attached, making it capable of being easily carried in a shirt pocket.

This word originated with US Air Force electronics technicians and is derived from the skill level digit of the Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) (example: 30670) where "7" indicates an advanced technician. The idea being that this small screwdriver is used to make precision adjustments to circuit board components such as trim potentiameters that require a higher level of technical skill to perform.

The 15 hertz circuit on the TACAN is a little off. Could I borrow your 7-level to adjust it?

by Bill gronos July 02, 2009

tapping the aquarium

Advising a terrible poker player how to play better. Also known as "Waking the fish"

Somebody be kind and start tapping the aquarium before he loses the rent money.

by Bill gronos June 27, 2006

Butt Set

Special test phone used by telephone repairmen. It has alligator clips on the leads so it can be quickly attached to the line connection screws on a circuit panel.

It is derived from the word "butt-in-ski" because it can be used to eavesdrop on phone calls.

For a photo, search Google Images for "butt set"

The line itself is dead. I hooked my butt set to the main panel and couldn't get a dial tone.

by Bill gronos July 02, 2009

Google doodle

Changes to the usual Google search engine home page logo to mark special events, celebrity birth/death dates, holidays, etc. and major events, such as the Olympics. These logos often use humorous features, such as cartoon modifications. These special logos have become known as Google Doodles.

The first Google Doodle was for the Burning Man Festival of 1998.

by Bill gronos September 15, 2009

Like cookies in a Keebler factory

1. Something extremely common, ordinary, mundane, or insipid. Mass produced.

2. Refering to people that mindlessly follow the crowd for no reason other than the need to fit in.

What you may call dressing up is probably what I call the thousand-duplets uniform: what the hoi polloi who are cranked-out en masse like cookies in a Keebler factory feel compelled to wear on such occasions to fit in.

by Bill gronos October 26, 2006

bubble chaser

US Air Force slang term for a pneumatic systems technician, derived from the major cause of most malfunctions being a small leak that admits air bubbles into a hose or line.

The controls are a little too spongy. Better let the bubble chasers check it out before its next flight.

by Bill gronos July 02, 2009

tuanys

A greeting or exclamation used in Costa Rica with no specific definition, but means something equivalent to "ain't it great!", "life is good", "it's all good", "hakuna matata". It is synonymous with the more common expression pura vida, but is much more hip, especially when spoken by a gringo.

When a tico says "Pura vida" to you, emphatically reply "Tuanys!"

by Bill gronos January 22, 2006