readies

Readily realizable assets. Beer money.

Tube passenger 1: "Come with us, man."
Tube passenger 2: "Nah, low on readies, man."

by CougarSW2 December 09, 2004

skype

Technology that may re-introduce the concept of hands-free conversation to a whole new generation.

Like all new technologies, it has the potential for evil as well as for good.

"Charging for phone calls is so last century." (Niklas Zennström)

"Yes, I've downloaded Skype...so now we'll be able to chat away for as long as we like!" (Your mother)

by CougarSW2 November 21, 2004

inhale

(U.S.) Eat without pausing to chew.

I was so hungry I just inhaled that Big Mac.

by CougarSW2 November 14, 2004

scoubidou

Scoubidou (pronounced scooby doo) seems to be the biggest craze since Pokemon cards. All the kids around here are busily plaiting brightly coloured plastic cords into...well, plaited plastic cords...for no reason that I can discern.

It appears to have originated in the Netherlands. See http://www.scoubidou.nl/

I rather like this scoubidou craze. It's cheap, it requires no batteries and it keeps the little blighters quiet on the buses.

by CougarSW2 May 13, 2005

i18n

Internationalization. The process of making software adaptable to the requirements of different human languages, local customs, and character string encodings.

(There are 18 characters between the first "i" and the last "n".)

With Microsoft Word 2003's great i18n features, translating documents from Arabic into Japanese is child's play.

by CougarSW2 November 13, 2004

faith healer

Person who restores one's faith in the opposite sex after a series of bad relationships.

Fran: So it was his idea for you to round off the romantic break in New York with an afternoon's shopping in Macy's? Jesus, that guy is a total faith healer!
Lil: Yup.

by CougarSW2 November 12, 2004

nibble

To place a small bet on a runner because the price looks too good to be true.

"I tell you what else caught my eye: Luis Garcia is 320/1 with Betfair to be top scorer. Surely worth a nibble, especially after his hat-trick in the qualifier, or is there something I don't know?"

by CougarSW2 August 15, 2006