IrishRepublicanArmy's definitions

can of worms

a source of many unpredictable and complicated problems

fairfax high school is nothing but a can of worms

by irishrepublicanarmy January 2, 2004

pantaphobia

the fear of everything

Lucy Van Pelt: maybe you have pantaphobia

Charlie Brown: Thats it!

by IRISHrepublicanARMY January 26, 2004

Mayday

international distress radio code word, when using voice transmission

SOS is the morse code version

MAYDAY is reconized internationally as an emergency code on any type of radio system, and should be taken seriously.

"Coast Guard, this is the Andrea Gail, MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY"

by IrishRepublicanArmy October 28, 2003

alpha

the letter 'A' in the international radio phonetic alphabet

also used in military radio slang for comanding officer or radio station

Tango six one this is alpha

by IrishRepublicanArmy October 13, 2003

facsimile

The transferring of images, usually or hard-copy documents, via telephone lines to another device that can recieve and interpret the images.

I am the only person that knows how to spell that word.

by IrishRepublicanArmy December 29, 2003

DX

Radio term for "extended distance".
What "extended distance" really is could be 100 miles, 1000 miles, 10,000 miles, it is pretty grey as to an exact number or distance.

11-meter pirate radio operators use the frequency of 27.555 MHz (27555.0 kHz) for DX calling.

by IrishRepublicanArmy December 23, 2003

Forest Gump

an excellant movie...need i say more?

Life is like a box of chocolates...

by IrishRepublicanArmy December 12, 2003