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Definitions by Pentozali

staple rot 

Condition that occurs when one hoards staples and allows the "adhesive" in the staples to dry from disuse. This results in resistoring, phoning, and stapler jams.
Damn---I'm out of staples, so I have to use these old staples now. I bet all of them have staple rot!
staple rot by pentozali September 15, 2007
1) Police, CB operators', amateur radio operators', and shortwave radio listeners' shorthand for interference on radio frequencies caused by other radio stations, as opposed to QRN=noise from car ignitions, power lines, dialysis machines, atmospheric effects etc.
2) Jocularly, the QM city bus lines that run between Manhattan and Queens in New York City, because of the QRM=traffic they always encounter.
I'm trying to get one of the QRM buses to Queens so I could get home and listen to Radio New Zealand International on my shortwave radio before the QRN from Deutsche Welle pwns it.
QRM by pentozali September 13, 2007
Scissors. From Serbian "makazice" (mah-kah-ZEE-tseh) = scissors.
Today I had to go to the post office to mail a package but I didn't have the mockers to cut the sealing tape.
mockers by pentozali September 7, 2007

fightin' tools 

Kitchen utensils: forks, spoons, knives, etc. The things you use to "attack" your food before you eat it.
That stupid waiter didn't put any fightin' tools on our table yet!
fightin' tools by pentozali September 7, 2007

chronectomy 

Faux-medical word to decribe the charging of time from one's job.
I have to take a day off from work, so I'm doing a chronectomy on my time sheet.
chronectomy by pentozali September 6, 2007

postal text 

The credits, often shrunk to the size of a postage stamp, that you try to catch at the end of a movie or film when it's shown on TV. Often interrupted by music that doesn't even belong to such a motion picture.
I wanted to see where this film was produced but the commercial came on and the credits became postal text.
postal text by pentozali September 6, 2007

paid programming 

Euphemism for the mindless infomercials or infotainment that you see on TV in the wee hours of the morning on many cable channels. Often consists of BS about products you wouldn't even THINK of buying.
If you wake up at 6 AM and you want to watch some good film on cable TV, forget it: you'll only see that damn paid programming.
paid programming by pentozali September 6, 2007