70 definitions by Heptune

extended use fee

(n) A library euphemism for an overdue fine.

I didn't return the book by the due date, so I got charged an extended use fee.

by Heptune May 12, 2005

load shedding

On Guam, this is a euphemism for power rationing or planned power outages.

The Guam Power Authority scheduled six hours of load shedding in Yigo today.

by Heptune May 12, 2005

Hudson River eel

(n) a used condom, so-named because it is the only kind of fish one would see floating in this polluted river.

Several Hudson River eels littered the filthy pier.

by Heptune May 12, 2005

wirehead

(n) A person who walks around in public wearing headphones or other technology on the head.

The wirehead was so immersed in her piped in music that she walked into the side of a bus.

by Heptune May 11, 2005

cootie

(n) A louse, derived from the Malay word, kudu.

One of my classmates spread cooties to everyone in my second grade class.

by Heptune May 11, 2005

farmer brown

(n) A common type of math word problem, usually a simple algebra problem involving lengths of fencing.

This is an example of a farmer brown:
Farmer Brown wants to fence off a rectangular pen using the side of his barn as one side of the pen. If the barn is 300 feet long, and Farmer Brown has 1200 feet of fencing material, what are the lengths of the other sides and what is the area enclosed?

by Heptune May 11, 2005

house ape

(n) A small child, especially a bratty or out-of-control child.

She has a home full of snotty-nosed house apes.

by Heptune May 11, 2005