53 definitions by Dan Weyandt
n. In Baltimoron, this is the "home city" of Baltimore. While this is the usual spelling for the word, a more correctly phonetic spelling would be "Bawlamer." (Those of you in the Mid-West might pronounce the first "a" as a short a, and that would be incorrect.) Baltimore is frequently shortened further to "Balmer." Again, this is the accepted spelling, but a more correctly phonetic spelling would be "Bawlmer."
"Doen'cha knoe, I'm from Balamer,
'n' crabs is whut I'm eechin' feur!
Doen'cha knoe, Santa dear,
With sum cold crabs 'nd a beer,
It would be jus like a trip back to old Bal-tee-more,
Baaaaal-teeee-mooore!"
-- David DeBoy, 'Crabs For Christmas'
'n' crabs is whut I'm eechin' feur!
Doen'cha knoe, Santa dear,
With sum cold crabs 'nd a beer,
It would be jus like a trip back to old Bal-tee-more,
Baaaaal-teeee-mooore!"
-- David DeBoy, 'Crabs For Christmas'
by Dan Weyandt April 9, 2008
n. Common reference to the great soul singer Al Green, whose greatest hit was "Let's Stay Together." It was in the early 1970s that Green san a run of hits that made him not just an R&B star but a pop icon. Since 1976, Green has concentrated on gospel music, recording numerous albums, but only two pop offerings. Since 1979, he has led his Baptist congregation, the Full Gospel Tabernacle, in Memphis, Tenn. For his release in 2007, "Everything’s OK," Green embraces both worlds by releasing a "secular" album under the name The Reverend Al Green.
"I wanted to put on this album who I am—to 'fess up to it! I'm the Reverend Al Green, and everybody calls me that, from Argentina all the way to the Catskills. So that's who I am."
"They've got catfish on the table
They've got gospel in the air
And Reverend Green be glad to see you
When you haven't got a prayer
But you got a prayer in Memphis"
-- Marc Cohn, 'Walking in Memphis'
"They've got catfish on the table
They've got gospel in the air
And Reverend Green be glad to see you
When you haven't got a prayer
But you got a prayer in Memphis"
-- Marc Cohn, 'Walking in Memphis'
by Dan Weyandt March 31, 2008
Looks like there's a need something better for SOA....
n. In computing, a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a flexible set of design principles used during the phases of systems development and integration. A deployed SOA-based architecture will provide a loosely-integrated suite of services that can be used within multiple business domains.
SOA also generally provides a way for consumers of services, such as web-based applications, to be aware of available SOA-based services. For example, several disparate departments within a company may develop and deploy SOA services in different implementation languages; their respective clients will benefit from a well understood, well defined interface to access them. XML is commonly used for interfacing with SOA services, though this is not required.
Service-orientation requires loose coupling of services with operating systems, and other technologies that underlie applications. SOA separates functions into distinct units, or services, which developers make accessible over a network in order to allow users to combine and reuse them in the production of applications. These services and their corresponding consumers communicate with each other by passing data in a well-defined, shared format, or by coordinating an activity between two or more services.
n. In computing, a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a flexible set of design principles used during the phases of systems development and integration. A deployed SOA-based architecture will provide a loosely-integrated suite of services that can be used within multiple business domains.
SOA also generally provides a way for consumers of services, such as web-based applications, to be aware of available SOA-based services. For example, several disparate departments within a company may develop and deploy SOA services in different implementation languages; their respective clients will benefit from a well understood, well defined interface to access them. XML is commonly used for interfacing with SOA services, though this is not required.
Service-orientation requires loose coupling of services with operating systems, and other technologies that underlie applications. SOA separates functions into distinct units, or services, which developers make accessible over a network in order to allow users to combine and reuse them in the production of applications. These services and their corresponding consumers communicate with each other by passing data in a well-defined, shared format, or by coordinating an activity between two or more services.
SOA developers associate individual SOA objects by using orchestration. In the process of orchestration the developer associates software functionality (the services) in a non-hierarchical arrangement using a software tool that contains a complete list of all available services, their characteristics, and the means to build an application utilizing these sources.
by Dan Weyandt March 31, 2010
n. Derogatory nick-name for the Maryland State Correctional System Work Release Program, also known as the Baltimore Ravens. The name can also be in reference to the puerile, quick-tempered, and monumentally mean-and-nasty fans of the above. Ratbirds fans don't really like the Ravens; they just hate the rest of the NFL, and are nototious bandwagon fans.
That Ratbird fan just stole my little girl's terrible towel and wiped his butt with it! And to think they accuse Stillers fans of being rude. Ratbirds fans are a real piece-of-work!
by Dan Weyandt September 19, 2010
1. Nickname for a sailor trained to operate a Navy nuclear power plant. Navy nuclear power has zero tolerance for error, so nucs train day-in and day-out, and are constantly monitored. Hence, being a nuc is very arudous and stressful. Add this to the bureaucracy and politicization of nuclear power, and a nuc's life is a living hell.
by Dan Weyandt October 9, 2008
by Dan Weyandt October 4, 2007
interjection.
1) An empahtic response to someone's abject whining (and crying), usually about tasks that someone is required to do, with the implication that the whiner is an punky, slacker, immature, lazy-assed, cry-baby. The words are radio phonetics for the letters W-F-W, and in this case the letters stand for, "Whaaa Fuckin' Whaaa," hence an emphatic declaration of an abject lack of characer. This also shows that its origin is in the military. A less emphatic expression is simply "Whaaa!"
2) Can also be the response to abject whining (and crying) regarding how hard someone's life is, when in reality they are quite coddled and and their lives are almost excessively comfortable, and the expression indicates how the whiner is an ingratious, cowardly, punky, slacker, immature, lazy-assed, cry-baby.
1) An empahtic response to someone's abject whining (and crying), usually about tasks that someone is required to do, with the implication that the whiner is an punky, slacker, immature, lazy-assed, cry-baby. The words are radio phonetics for the letters W-F-W, and in this case the letters stand for, "Whaaa Fuckin' Whaaa," hence an emphatic declaration of an abject lack of characer. This also shows that its origin is in the military. A less emphatic expression is simply "Whaaa!"
2) Can also be the response to abject whining (and crying) regarding how hard someone's life is, when in reality they are quite coddled and and their lives are almost excessively comfortable, and the expression indicates how the whiner is an ingratious, cowardly, punky, slacker, immature, lazy-assed, cry-baby.
Punky, Slacker, Immature, Lazy-assed Crybaby: Aww, how come I have to (do my homwork, take out the garbage, clean my room, get up for field day, stop the ship from flooding)? I'm tired and I don't feel good...
Ingratious, Cowardly, Punky, Slacker, Immature, Lazy-assed, Cry-baby: Aww, how come you won't get me a Lamborghini Diablo?
Person in authority: Whiskey Foxtrot Whiskey, dildo!
Ingratious, Cowardly, Punky, Slacker, Immature, Lazy-assed, Cry-baby: Aww, how come you won't get me a Lamborghini Diablo?
Person in authority: Whiskey Foxtrot Whiskey, dildo!
by Dan Weyandt February 28, 2008