Larstait's definitions

Parse

System.out.println("Weapon Choice:");
weapon = Integer.parseInt(Input.readLine());
if(weapon<=0){
System.out.println("Incorrect!");}
if(weapon>=10){
System.out.println("No!");}

by LarstaiT November 4, 2003

tada

Usually the final proclamation when something is finished.

Tada!

by LarstaiT November 6, 2003

yodle

A form of singing for entertainment.

Yodling is for pansies?

by larstait October 14, 2003

prestigious

Famous, positively well-known

Prestigious lawyer Gloria Allred

by larstait October 29, 2003

avatar

An icon which represents a user in a virtual reality/Internet setting, currently attempted with varying success. The term is adopted from Neal Stephenson; another word used for the same concept is Rudy Rucker's term "tuxedo."

First used from an Internet perspective in 1992 in SNOW CRASH, by Neal Stephenson, in one of those self-fulfilling SF prophecies. Stephenson got the name from the Hindu concept of avatars, which are the personification of various deities or entities.

by LarstaiT November 6, 2003

feign

To pretend, falsify

He feigned to be what he was not.

by Larstait November 14, 2003

composure

Calm, self-assurance.

The president managed to keep his composure during his speech even when TelePrompTer broke down, leaving him without a script.

by Larstait November 10, 2003