Heptune's definitions
(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?
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 14, 2005

by heptune June 17, 2006

1. A small fly with triangular wings that crawls out of drains in the bathroom and breeds in septic systems.
2. A greenbottle fly of the kind that frequents fecal deposits.
2. A greenbottle fly of the kind that frequents fecal deposits.
by Heptune May 14, 2005

by Heptune May 14, 2005

by Heptune May 14, 2005

(n) a deerfly, a huge biting fly with striped wings that lives in northern Canada. Newfoundland slang.
I hit the stout with a hammer and thought I had killed it, but it just shook itself off and flew away.
by Heptune May 17, 2005

by Heptune May 14, 2005
