Bob Gurch's definitions

prat

Alternative spelling for the surname of Angela Pratt, Head of Sixth Form.

Guess what? Prat's just closed the CR again, because SOMEBODY MOVED A CHAIR!

by Bob Gurch March 3, 2005

remove

The act of taking something away.

Do not remove this definition.

by Bob Gurch August 27, 2004

‰

It's a percent sign with an extra 'o' at the bottom. It means 'per thousand', rather than 'per hundred'.

5% of 400 is 20, therefore, 5‰ of 400 is 2.

by Bob Gurch August 27, 2004

·

The · is a dot. A bit like the full stop (.), but higher up. Used as a shorthand for 'multiply' in mathematics (because they don't want to get × confused with x).

Equation: 5x² · 2y = 10x²y

by Bob Gurch August 27, 2004

®

Symbol denoting a registered trademark. Can be written (R) if you are using a crap font that doesn't have ® in it.

Person 1: "Microsoft® Windows® XP is a registered trademark of Microsoft® Corporation."

Person 2: "Who are you, Bill Gates or something? Shut up."

by Bob Gurch August 27, 2004

—

It's a horizontal line. Longer than -, but not quite as long as ——.

Person 1: "Look, I've made a —."
Person 2: "So what, look at my ————."

by Bob Gurch August 27, 2004

raat

A word used by Doyce, especially in his favourite phrase:

"'Raatt' then, it's a level thrye"

by Bob Gurch August 26, 2004