3 definitions by Clittary Hilton
The mysterious quark is one of the two basic constituents of matter that make up protons and neutrons, with there being exactly three quarks within each kind of particle.
It is often stated that the word was originally coined by Murray Gell-Mann who found it in James Joyce's book Finnegans Wake. However, Joyce himself had probably found the word in a German dictionary.
It is often stated that the word was originally coined by Murray Gell-Mann who found it in James Joyce's book Finnegans Wake. However, Joyce himself had probably found the word in a German dictionary.
"Three quarks for Muster Mark!
Sure he has not got much of a bark
And sure any he has it's all beside the mark"
(James Augustine Aloysius Joyce)
"Getretener Quark wird breit, nicht stark"
(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
Sure he has not got much of a bark
And sure any he has it's all beside the mark"
(James Augustine Aloysius Joyce)
"Getretener Quark wird breit, nicht stark"
(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
by Clittary Hilton November 5, 2007
TWACK v. To strike with great force using the back of the middle finger (usually the nail) after coiling it under pressure against the opposing thumb. Accomplished twackers can inflict great welts upon their victim's flesh.
That turd cutter pissed me off, so I twacked him right in the munt!
On the first twack
Pope jumped like a macaque;
On the second twack
Pope was taken aback;
On the third twack
Lost his marbles the old hack.
(A. S. Pushkin)
On the first twack
Pope jumped like a macaque;
On the second twack
Pope was taken aback;
On the third twack
Lost his marbles the old hack.
(A. S. Pushkin)
by Clittary Hilton October 31, 2007
TWACK v. To strike with great force using the back of the middle finger (usually the nail) after coiling it under pressure against the opposing thumb. Accomplished twackers can inflict great welts upon their victim's flesh. (This definition posted by the forerunner was removed from the Urban Dictionary by some evil force... but truth shall prevail!)
That turd cutter pissed me off, so I twacked him right in the munt!
"on the first twack//pope jumped like a macaque//on the second twack//pope was taken aback//on the third twack//lost his marbles the old hack" (A.S. Pushkin)
"on the first twack//pope jumped like a macaque//on the second twack//pope was taken aback//on the third twack//lost his marbles the old hack" (A.S. Pushkin)
by Clittary Hilton September 17, 2006