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1. Serve a prison sentence.
2. Serve a hitch in the military, especially if drafted.
3. Get grounded.
2. Serve a hitch in the military, especially if drafted.
3. Get grounded.
After spending most of his teen years doing time (3) for the rents, the kid couldn't wait, so he upped and did time (2) as soon as he could. That got old, so he split before his time was up, got caught, did some time (1) in the big house, and still had to do the rest of his time when he got out. It was getting to be a habit.
by Downstrike November 1, 2004
Get the do time mug.Ye shall not surely die. For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods...
by Downstrike October 5, 2004
Get the Immortal Soul mug.One of the primary symptoms of Disobedient Computer Syndrome.
DCS Symptom #2:
2. At least one other task will pop up in front of the application the user is accessing, for the purpose of intercepting the user's keystrokes and mouse clicks while the user is assigning the desired task.
DCS Symptom #2:
2. At least one other task will pop up in front of the application the user is accessing, for the purpose of intercepting the user's keystrokes and mouse clicks while the user is assigning the desired task.
What is it with application programmers that makes them think I want some program running in the background to steal focus every time it completes a subtask? If I wanted to micromanage a task, I'd use a command prompt!
by Downstrike October 26, 2004
Get the focus stealing mug.A euphemism for Kneejerk Corruptions, Incorrigible. See scam, conflict of interest, corporation, corporate personhood, and damn well please.
When you call Kneejerk Corruptions, Incorrigible "Network Solutions" you may trick someone into thinking that they're legitimate.
by Downstrike September 20, 2004
Get the Network Solutions mug.1. Literally; n., a pin or keeper, placed through or around an axle, that prevents a wheel from slipping off of its axle.
2. Slang; n., Any part or person that is so vital to something that if it went missing, the whole thing would fall apart.
2. Slang; n., Any part or person that is so vital to something that if it went missing, the whole thing would fall apart.
1. You have to pull the linchpin to adjust the bearings.
2. Someone has to take the snap, so the quarterback is the football offensive team's linchpin.
2. Someone has to take the snap, so the quarterback is the football offensive team's linchpin.
by Downstrike December 28, 2005
Get the linchpin mug.The latest Windows Update was supposed to be SP2. But it downdated several things, so I had to update them again.
by Downstrike September 14, 2004
Get the Windows Update mug.Literal meanings:
1. N., A roadway paved with a track made of rails, upon which locomotives push or pull a train of cars or trailers carrying people or freight.
2. Adj., Pertaining to such a roadway or the trains that travel upon it.
3. N., The industry of transporting people or freight by rail, or one or more of the companies within that industry.
4. Adj., Pertaining to that industry.
5. V., Transport upon a railroad.
Slang meanings:
1. V., to coerce, trick, or seduce others into a course of action that they would not otherwise choose. This includes, but is not limited to, specifically sexual situations.
2. N., Eleven, as if the two parallel numerals were the rails of a railroad track.
1. N., A roadway paved with a track made of rails, upon which locomotives push or pull a train of cars or trailers carrying people or freight.
2. Adj., Pertaining to such a roadway or the trains that travel upon it.
3. N., The industry of transporting people or freight by rail, or one or more of the companies within that industry.
4. Adj., Pertaining to that industry.
5. V., Transport upon a railroad.
Slang meanings:
1. V., to coerce, trick, or seduce others into a course of action that they would not otherwise choose. This includes, but is not limited to, specifically sexual situations.
2. N., Eleven, as if the two parallel numerals were the rails of a railroad track.
Literal: Southern Pacific (3) railroad's old (2) railroad cars can still be found along abandoned stretches of (1) railroad, because the industry can't be bothered to (5) railroad them to (4) railroad stations.
Slang:
1. Popular culture isn't going to be railroaded into adopting a narrow-mindedly specific sexual situation as the definition of railroad simply because someone described his favorite life experience as an UrbanDictionary definition.
2. We use the 802-railroad-G wireless protocol. (See WAP and 802.11g.)
Slang:
1. Popular culture isn't going to be railroaded into adopting a narrow-mindedly specific sexual situation as the definition of railroad simply because someone described his favorite life experience as an UrbanDictionary definition.
2. We use the 802-railroad-G wireless protocol. (See WAP and 802.11g.)
by Downstrike October 10, 2005
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