Tarrasque's definitions

bot

Abbreviation: robot.

Bots have feelings, too.

by Tarrasque November 18, 2002

wuxia

Wuxia can be crudely translated as "chivalrous warrior", and is used as an all-encompassing term to describe a genre of Chinese fiction that deals with knight-errant martial artists in the "Jianghu", or the composite fantasy world, as Eric Yin puts it, of "lumpen intelligentsia, adventurers, monks, priests, rebels, cultists, unemployed peasants and laborers, itinerant peddlers, beggars, disbanded soldiers, gangsters, smugglers, and other outcasts of society".

_Once Upon A Time In China_ is a terrific wuxia movie.

by Tarrasque November 19, 2002

Clown

A person, male or female, or low or poor quality in mental, physical, and social aspects.

Stem of Clown-Town, a state of mental being of displeasure of annoyance.

Steve is such a clown. He belongs in Clown-Town.

by Tarrasque October 5, 2003

Jank

Noun. Something of poor quality that can be used very effectively when done properly.

Often used to describe a deck or card in Magic: The Gatherin

This rare is soo janky to get in a draft.

by Tarrasque September 28, 2003

borg

1. Contraction: Cyborg.

2. A fictional race of communalistic cyborgs originating in "Star Trek: The Next Generation".

3. Exclamation commonly used by muppet swedes. Also bork.

Robocop was an inferior 'borg when compared to ED-209.

Resistance is futile; we are the Borg.

Borg borg borg.

by Tarrasque November 18, 2002

bushify

To make simpler; to enquayle.

I could not defeat Sagat in Street Fighter II until I bushified it to difficulty level 2.

by Tarrasque November 19, 2002

slashdot effect

1. An immediate surge in hit rate on a webserver caused by an announcement on a high-traffic website; a Nivenesque "flash crowd".

2. An unintentional denial of service to a website as a result of a surge in hit rate following an announcement on a high-traffic website.

See also: slashdotted

Bill Joy's _Dangers of Lego Blocks_ site succumbed to the slashdot effect scant hours after going live.

by Tarrasque November 18, 2002