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USAMRIID (pronounced you-sam-rid) stands for the United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases.
Based at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, the facilities of USAMRIID are used primarily for research on counter measurements for biological warfare. Along with the next-door National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC) and the nearby United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD) they handle many of the biological threats that come up in regards to national defense. When a new infectious agent or biological threat comes up they are on the case to have the data on file regarding any incident that, again, may eventually pertain to national biological defense.
USAMRIID was featured in Richard Preston's best-selling book "The Hot Zone" which described the outbreak of the then-undiscovered Ebola Reston (which was discovered in Reston, Virginia but was not discovered by Preston since people say if you take off the P in Preston you have "reston" left). The book describes the events of decontamination of medical research facilities used to store imported monkeys from the Philippines. It was then discovered that Ebola Reston can't be caught by humans but the same virus has a 90% fatality rate in primates.
Based at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, the facilities of USAMRIID are used primarily for research on counter measurements for biological warfare. Along with the next-door National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC) and the nearby United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD) they handle many of the biological threats that come up in regards to national defense. When a new infectious agent or biological threat comes up they are on the case to have the data on file regarding any incident that, again, may eventually pertain to national biological defense.
USAMRIID was featured in Richard Preston's best-selling book "The Hot Zone" which described the outbreak of the then-undiscovered Ebola Reston (which was discovered in Reston, Virginia but was not discovered by Preston since people say if you take off the P in Preston you have "reston" left). The book describes the events of decontamination of medical research facilities used to store imported monkeys from the Philippines. It was then discovered that Ebola Reston can't be caught by humans but the same virus has a 90% fatality rate in primates.
by Sid Barrett January 2, 2008
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Look at that rape bait across the street. I'm surpising she's made it this far coming all the way from that BU party.
by Sid Barrett February 21, 2011
Get the Rape bait mug.A yob is a job that is tedious and/or pays a very low wage. Refers to the working conditions (and the way Mexicans would pronounce j-o-b in Spanish) of Mexican Americans.
Dick: What're we doing waiting in line here for?
Miguel: We'ere waiting fore a yob.
Dick: A yob?
Migeul: A yob!
Miguel: We'ere waiting fore a yob.
Dick: A yob?
Migeul: A yob!
by Sid Barrett September 28, 2008
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Mom: It is a big deal! Who are you texting 50 times a day?
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Mom: Tell your BFF Jill that I'm taking away your phone.
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Mom: Me paying this bill, that's what's S, dang F!
Girl: WU?
Mom: Your cell phone bill is what's up, all of this texting!
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Mom: Tell your BFF Jill that I'm taking away your phone.
Girl: TISNF!
Mom: Me paying this bill, that's what's S, dang F!
by Sid Barrett February 17, 2008
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#1: e^(-2coscsc4x)(4pitan/-7secx)^cos6x.
Me: *blank stare*
#1: e^(-2coscsc4x)(4pitan/-7secx)^cos6x.
Me: *blank stare*
by Sid Barrett December 9, 2008
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Being a member of the Model UN and a Girls Nation delegate, Mary wasn't having just promaramadram, she was having Obamapromaramadrama.
by Sid Barrett May 14, 2008
Get the Obamapromaramadrama mug.Emola is a highly infectious disease that spreads rapidly through humans and causes severe injury to those infected or even death.
Emola spreads quickly through humans although it strangely has a higher transmition rate in those aged 13 to 24. Anyone can come down with the disease but the elderly and young infants to toddlers rarely come down with it.
Emola is spread through shared needles, most bodily fluids including tears and in some rare cases emails or other forms of electronic communication such as MySpace, FaceBook, web sites promoting rock bands or online dictionaries that define terms in pop culture.
Symptoms of emola include uncontrollable crying, tendency to complain, tendency to inflict personal harm, tendency to cause property damage, addiction to social networking sites, addiction to the color black, addiction to rock music with high-pitched vocal ranges and heavy use of power chords, uncontrollable harsh criticism of anything for no apparent reason and may possibly lead oneself to committ suicide. Treatment includes many different options but mostly includes sitting in a nearly deserted room with no sharp objects colored with bright colors with a smiling psychologist from some big-name university or college sitting in front of you with just a table in between the 2 of you with a "mirror" on one wall and hidden cameras placed everywhere in the room.
There is no known prevention for emola at this time except staying away from people who have contracted the disease and cutting off all forms of communication with them.
Emola spreads quickly through humans although it strangely has a higher transmition rate in those aged 13 to 24. Anyone can come down with the disease but the elderly and young infants to toddlers rarely come down with it.
Emola is spread through shared needles, most bodily fluids including tears and in some rare cases emails or other forms of electronic communication such as MySpace, FaceBook, web sites promoting rock bands or online dictionaries that define terms in pop culture.
Symptoms of emola include uncontrollable crying, tendency to complain, tendency to inflict personal harm, tendency to cause property damage, addiction to social networking sites, addiction to the color black, addiction to rock music with high-pitched vocal ranges and heavy use of power chords, uncontrollable harsh criticism of anything for no apparent reason and may possibly lead oneself to committ suicide. Treatment includes many different options but mostly includes sitting in a nearly deserted room with no sharp objects colored with bright colors with a smiling psychologist from some big-name university or college sitting in front of you with just a table in between the 2 of you with a "mirror" on one wall and hidden cameras placed everywhere in the room.
There is no known prevention for emola at this time except staying away from people who have contracted the disease and cutting off all forms of communication with them.
I really hope Susan gets over her case of emola , she screamed at me last weekend because I wasn't wearing black and I didn't bring my pocketknife for her.
by Sid Barrett January 9, 2008
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