bandcampgirl183's definitions

minimizing addict

A person who never closes windows when they are done with them, but simply minimizes them. This is especially relating to web browser windows. The person's rational for doing this is the same as what New Hampshire's new state motto should be: It Might Come In Handy.

Example of one situation in which a person might be a minimizing addict:
"I googled his name, but hardly any websites came up, so I thought hmm, maybe I spelled it wrong... so I minimized Google, and opened a new browser window and went to his college's website, but I couldn't find him there either, so I thought wait! I think he transfered! So I minimzed that window, and opened a new one to go to the other college, and then...."

by bandcampgirl183 December 28, 2005

lincoln logs

A fantastic toy. Has been in existance for at least 50 years. Vaguely reminiscent of Legos, but made of wood instead of the cheap, brightly-colored plastic that so dominates the toy market today. These pieces of wood were round, and maybe a foot long, and were notched, such that you could build a real log cabin, but one that would fit in a corner of your room. All you had to do was make a square with 4 logs and line up the little notches, with the left and right sides under the top and bottom sides (or the other way around). Then add two more logs. And two more. Repeat until your cabin was as tall as you wanted it to be. A very simple process, but it was really cool. It also had some sort of a roof, though I don't remember exactly how that worked; I just remember the roof was green.

Lincoln Logs were classic.

by bandcampgirl183 September 26, 2005

L(

Half of LOL. For when something isn't funny enough to use the whole thing.

Aimperson1: A guy walks into a bar, and says "OUCH!"
Aimperson2: L( . That was halfway amusing, but don't start plannng any comedy careers.

by bandcampgirl183 May 11, 2006

clear channel

Originally, a clear channel radio station was one that had somehow gotten the right to have a number on the dial with no other radio stations anywhere near it-- therefore, you could hear it for hundreds of miles, both because it had a very strong signal, and because there were no other radio stations with similar dial numbers competing with it.

35 years ago, you could hear WBZ (which was a clear channel radio station based in Boston) as far away as Ohio.

by bandcampgirl183 September 28, 2005

PEMDAS

The order of operations in math-- Parentheis, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction

In 6th grade, we had a sign on the wall of our classroom that said PEMDAS, but when we asked what it meant, the teacher said it meant Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally, and she would tell us more later.... needless to say, four months into the school year when she finally DID tell us, it was a letdown.

by bandcampgirl183 October 10, 2005

underdog

Maybe the underdog I know is based on the underdog from the 60's, but the one I'm familliar with was on Nickelodeon, and also spoke in rhymes. He was a cartoon dog, and I think he had a cape.

"There's no need to fear! Underdog is here!" - phrase from virtually every preview/ad for the show.

by bandcampgirl183 September 27, 2005

parietals

You ask for parietals if you want to have a MOS in your room. Parietals is not the act of banning them from your room, it is the practice of asking permission, and, at some places, leaving the door partly open (with a shoe or something.) It does not START at midnight.

female boarder: hey, you want to come up to my room????
random guy: um, ok, but shouldn't we ask for parietals or something? Don't want to get in trouble.

"It's not the groping that goes on behind closed doors that I worry about-- it's what goes on behind the open doors that bothers me!"

by bandcampgirl183 September 27, 2005