spacebarrer

A person who keeps pressing the spacebar on their keyboard instead of writing down notes or making up a story or poem

Me: Do you think there’s a spacebarrer in this school?
Jennifer: Not in our school, but in the school next to ours there are at least ten spacebarrers.

by bluestinger66 March 19, 2023

ʻ

The turned comma, or ʻokina symbol

The Unicode name for ʻ is “Modifier Letter Turned Comma” and the character has a value 02BB.

by bluestinger66 March 15, 2023

proton number

The number of protons in an atom is called its atomic number (Z). This number is very important because it is unique for atoms of a given element. All atoms of an element have the same number of protons, and every element has a different number of protons in its atoms.

Me: I can name all the elements by proton number: hydrogen helium lithium beryllium boron carbon nitrogen oxygen fluorine neon sodium magnesium aluminum silicon phosphorus sulphur chlorine argon potassium calcium scandium titanium vanadium chromium manganese iron cobalt nickel copper zinc gallium germanium arsenic selenium bromine krypton rubidium strontium yttrium zirconium niobium molybdenum technetium ruthenium rhodium palladium silver cadmium indium tin antimony tellurium iodine xenon cesium barium lanthanum cerium praseodymium neodymium promethium samarium europium gadolinium terbium dysprosium holmium erbium thulium ytterbium lutetium hafnium tantalum tungsten rhenium osmium iridium platinum gold mercury thallium lead bismuth polonium astatine radon francium radium actinium thorium protactinium uranium neptunium plutonium americium curium berkelium californium einsteinium fermium mendelevium nobelium lawrencium rutherfordium dubnium seaborgium bohrium hassium meitnerium darmstadtium roentgenium copernicium nihonium flerovium moscovium livermorium tennessine oganesson.
Tom: Yes, that’s great.
Me: And now on to the symbols: HHeLiBeBCNOFNeNaMgAlSiPSClArKCaScTiVCrMnFeCoNiCuZnGaGeAsSeBrKrRbSrYZrNbMoTcRuRhPdAgCdInSnSbTeIXecsBaLaCePrNdPmS,EuGdTbDyHoErTmYbLuHfTaWReOsIrPtAuHgTlPbBiPoAtRnFrRaAcThPaUNpPuAmCmBkCfEsFmMdNoLrRfDbSgBhHsMtDsRgCnNhFlMcLvTsOg.
Tom: Hey, now it looks like an equation!

by bluestinger66 December 13, 2023

I’m

The contraction for ‘I am”

I’m here to help.

by bluestinger66 August 30, 2022

quotient

the result you get when you divide a dividend by a divisor

The quotient of 272 and 16 is 7.

by bluestinger66 July 14, 2023

tookotooko

A glitch in a video game system or electronic children’s toy

I didn’t expect this strange tookotooko to happen.

by bluestinger66 April 23, 2024

rural

in, relating to, or characteristic of the countryside rather than the town

Royal rulers ruled rural republics.

by bluestinger66 February 03, 2025