Braveheart's thirst for blood's definitions

mode of failure

1. When talking about machines, the way it dies/becomes permanently unusable/gets bricked/gets broken.
2. Refers to the method by which anything/anyone with a fixed life span meets their doom.

1. An overclocked CPU's mode of failure is usually overheating.
1. If the blown engine's mode of failure is a cracked connecting rod, you should modify the connecting rod to make it stronger.
2. Instead of being stabbed with a spear, a common mode of failure for Presidents of the US who die in office is being shot with a firearm.
2. "In the 1st Millennium, a common mode of failure for Popes was martyrdom."

by Braveheart's thirst for blood August 20, 2006

lately you have

Another one of the sentences of doom. Usually said by your boss after you swiped too many xerox copies or pens from the office, or by your parents when your report card/behavior is not up to snuff.

"Lately you have been throwing pencils in the asbestos ceiling tiles at school. The police are going to investigate this as a death threat. We need to talk!"

by Braveheart's thirst for blood January 13, 2007

America's Trinket Store

(from America's Technology Store--the name given to Radio Shack back in the late 1990s/early 2000 zeroes). The Christmas Tree Shops, a place known for selling knicknacks and decorative items. Sometimes you can even buy a celluloid christmas tree there.

Frodo: "I'm going to America's Trinket Store to buy a crystal ball for my garden." Saruman: "Could you get me a minature Santa while you're there? I like his beard."

by Braveheart's thirst for blood January 13, 2007

crafty

A woman who looks witchy in the modern Pagan sense. Does not necessarily mean she's a witch, but just that she likes Celtic things and loves nature. Usually has long thick black hair with bangs and wears Celtic jewelry and has a shirt with a wolf or other New Age regalia.

This beautiful woman looks so crafty.

by Braveheart's thirst for blood June 22, 2006

someone tells me you've been

A secondhand account of complaint, usually from a person of authority, or by someone who's the teacher's pet (if at school). A sentence of doom. Can happen if you've been sexually harrassing the teacher's daughter, sticking aluminum foil into electrical outlets, shoplifting, etc.

"Someone tells me you've been putting foil in the outlets at school. If you don't respect electicity, I can't let you have electronics in your room." "Someone tells me you've been mooning the principal. Don't you know you can get arrested for that?"

by Braveheart's thirst for blood January 13, 2007

microwaveablelessness

Lacking the ability to be safely be heated by a microwave oven. Things that have microwaveablelessness include 12 oz. soda cans, pressurized cans of R-12, chicken eggs in their shells, sealed film canisters filled with water, dry ice bombs, mercury thermometers, electronics, and lithium-ion batteries.

Saddam learned the hard way about the microwaveablelessness of a camping propane cylinder. He almost lost his house.

by Braveheart's thirst for blood April 1, 2007

pagant

A beauty pageant held in a forest, usually around the end of daylight savings time, where everyone featured is required to arrive there naked. A portmanteu of pagan and pageant (however, some pagans are less cycle-accurate and wear clothes)

"Tira and Morgana went to the pagant and almost forgot to not wear clothes." "After receiving their WICcan checks, Nefeteri and Hrothgar decided to go to the pagant to spend the money on Burger King scented incense and candles."

by Braveheart's thirst for blood January 13, 2007