Sid Barrett's definitions
Spew-it-knew-it theory says that students commonly retain a lot of information for an important test/exam but then mostly forget about it once they don't need to know it anymore.
Believe it or not this has actually been backed up by real research by Hermann Ebbinghaus.
Believe it or not this has actually been backed up by real research by Hermann Ebbinghaus.
Test question (short answer): What does the spew-it-knew-it theory say?
Answer: it means that once I know it I'm completely forget about it and everything else regarding the tested information.
Answer: it means that once I know it I'm completely forget about it and everything else regarding the tested information.
by Sid Barrett May 11, 2009
Get the Spew-it-knew-it theorymug. Literature is the all-inclusive term used to describe instructions or other small-typed text found in various products in small booklets or otherwise. A classic example of "fine American literature" would be Johnson & Johnson's literature on their rectal thermometers (see below).
An example of American literature:
"Every Rectal Thermometer made by Johnson & Johnson is personally tested and then sanitized." -from literature of rectal thermometers made by Johnson and Johnson
"Every Rectal Thermometer made by Johnson & Johnson is personally tested and then sanitized." -from literature of rectal thermometers made by Johnson and Johnson
by Sid Barrett February 2, 2008
Get the Literaturemug. Zealy is slang term used to describe a citizen of New Zealand. The term is most often used in Australia but it is occasionally used in other English-speaking countries.
G'damn, that Zealy cut me off!
by Sid Barrett January 21, 2008
Get the Zealymug. 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
Get the Yobmug. The 3 hour rule says that while in Boston if you have no plans you have absolutely no idea where you'll end up in 3 hours from the point where you no longer had any plans.
by Sid Barrett September 19, 2009
Get the 3 hour rulemug. When a driver drives so slow that they create a long backlog of cars behind them on a single-lane road. Little old ladies and soccer moms are notorious for these.
My mom made a funeral procession on Rt. 35 today; our car was the hearse and I was the dead man because all my buddies were driving behind me.
by Sid Barrett October 25, 2007
Get the Funeral Processionmug. The stress and mood swings during the week before a high school prom for any person going into or already into politics.
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 Obamapromaramadramamug.