Definitions by MNL897

Detroit Dive 

When you need to make a left hand turn but there isn't time for the usual "safe" positioning and execution via a stop and a sharp turn because the traffic window of opportunity is closing fast. So you start a long sweeping left turn, early, at a high rate of speed, by moving into the path of oncoming traffic, aiming at the side street or driveway you mean to end up in before the other cars get to you.

Oh my gosh, look! That fool is making a Detroit Dive right in front of all those cars!

Detroit Dive by MNL897 March 16, 2025

tweakage 

the minor revisions you makes to a public-facing form of communication you have responsibility for, or authority over

Can you please add some tweakage to the website's disclosure statement in order to address the concerns that have been raised by the committee?

tweakage by MNL897 November 13, 2024

crush depth 

Crush depth: when you have accumulated so much stuff that it begins to interfere with living. (a) It could be clutter, meaning stuff heaped upon stuff with no place to put it. (b) But it doesn't necessarily have to be "clutter." It could be the result of extrapolating the adage "the more you own the more it owns you" to its natural conclusion, stating that your joy of acquisition has turned into to the burden of maintenance / fixing things.

Honey, I can't take another Christmas in this small house. We are at crush depth already--there is nowhere left to put all the kids' junk!

crush depth by MNL897 November 6, 2024

T-boned 

an adaptation of a previously used term for "broadside collision" to the frequent "near collisions / emergency stops" which are common to self-driving vehicles (for example Tesla) that only brake at the last minute.

What the f***, that Tesla T-boned me, nearly hit me broadside. Scared the s*** out of me.

T-boned by MNL897 May 6, 2023

Fugue 

A romantic flight of the imagination directed at someone who cannot reciprocate or is otherwise unavailable. It disconnects one from reality and keeps you in a state of being unavailable to others who actually might be interested. It differs from "infatuation" in that the waters have been tested and you have been rejected but you still want that person just as bad and still have hopeful fantasies about maybe, someday.... It differs from "being stuck on someone" because you were never a couple.

Forget it man, she isn't interested. You have a fugue going on and just have to wrap your head around reality. There are other fish in the sea.

Fugue by MNL897 November 8, 2022

sinus spike 

The sharp but short-lived sensation of pain one normally gets in the sinus cavity upon eating wasabi or horseradish sauce. It cannot be soothed by drinking or eating anything else to cleanse the palate, it can only be endured.

Ah, oh, here it comes, the sinus spike from that bit of wasabi I ate. Oh please make it stop! It hurts so bad! Okay, it's fading now. Can I have more, please?

sinus spike by MNL897 November 27, 2019