Blue Cawdrey's definitions

Brains were dynamite

Admonishment to someone who has done something stupid or had a brain-fart.

This is what happens when you do not use your indicator, if brains were dynamite you would not have enough to blow your hat* off.

*alt. Ears

by Blue Cawdrey November 28, 2004

too many chiefs

- and not enough indians.

In a work environment.
Impasse through to many unqualified opinions preventing a descisive solution to a problem being found.

Foreman: We have to move that piano onto the lorry.

Bob: Lower it through the window.

Harry: No use the lift.

Foreman: Look! there are to many chiefs around here, get your finger out and carry the bloody thing down the stairs now.

by Blue Cawdrey November 28, 2004

tera

Much larger than Mega, Tera is 2 to the 40th power. A one terabyte hard drive would be hold a considerable amount of data.

Since getting his two Megabyte ADSL connection Spanky downloaded so much porn of the 'net that he needed to find a one terabyte hard drive to store it all on.

If games machines are Mega then PC's are Tera.

by Blue Cawdrey November 28, 2004

blow a gasket

A seal in car engine splits
or
Somebody has lost their temper.

1) Mechanic: We will need to tow your car to the garage you have blown a gasket.

2)User 1: Grrrr! Windows has shit itself again and Blue screened.
User 2: Don't blow a gasket I have a Linux installation disk-set here, you can use them to permenantly fix the problem.

by Blue Cawdrey November 28, 2004

good for moral it lowers it

UK: Heard in military training camps when explaining to lower ranks why a difficult or unpleasnt task has to be carried out.

Recruit: ...but Sarge, why do we have to crawl through that muddy ditch?

Sergeant: Because its good for moral son, IT LOWERS IT!

by Blue Cawdrey November 28, 2004

banner farm

A website that consist of little more than pay per view banner ads.

Ned Googled for a PHP function that he wanted information about and two of the links led to websites with no information, just banner adverts, he cussed these banner farms under his breath.

by Blue Cawdrey November 28, 2004

running on fumes

Describing a car or other form of transport that is running very low on fuel.

Also an euphimism for very tired.

1. Its lucky we found this garage, look at the fuel guage, we were running on fumes.

2. The runner finished the marathon but later said to reporters that towards the end that he was 'running on fumes'.

by Blue Cawdrey November 27, 2004