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Onomatopoeic representation of the sound generated by a Boeing-Vertol CH47 series Chinook transport helicopter.
by Dirge September 26, 2004
Get the wokka mug.The biggest moving object ever created by human hands. Period.
She was built in 1979 as Seawise Giant, was later renamed Happy Giant, and then Jahre Viking. Very recently (2004) she has been renamed again, and is now called Knock Nevis.
She was built in 1979 as Seawise Giant, was later renamed Happy Giant, and then Jahre Viking. Very recently (2004) she has been renamed again, and is now called Knock Nevis.
This is the news. Today the supertanker Jahre Viking collided head on with the USS Nimitz. The Nimitz was obliterated, while the Jahre Viking suffered minor damage.
by Dirge September 26, 2004
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From Star Wars, the Imperial communications code for an operation wherin a warship would reduce a planet's crust to molten slag to a minimum depth of 1 meter, using its turbolaser armament.
From Star Wars, the Imperial communications code for an operation wherin a warship would reduce a planet's crust to molten slag to a minimum depth of 1 meter, using its turbolaser armament.
by Dirge September 29, 2004
Get the bdz mug.An abreviation for the Executor class Star Dreadnought (Star Wars), commonly called a "super star destroyer".
A gigantic 17.6 km (11 mile) battleship, the first example, Executor, was Darth Vader's flagship during the Empire Strikes Back.
The second SSD, Lusankya, was secretly buried under the surface of Coruscant, and later, under the control of a cloned Palpatine, burst up out of the planet and rose to space, killing some hundreds of millions in the process.
A gigantic 17.6 km (11 mile) battleship, the first example, Executor, was Darth Vader's flagship during the Empire Strikes Back.
The second SSD, Lusankya, was secretly buried under the surface of Coruscant, and later, under the control of a cloned Palpatine, burst up out of the planet and rose to space, killing some hundreds of millions in the process.
The SSD Executor punched out of hyperspace surrounded by six ISDs which looked like dinky toys by comparison.
by Dirge September 29, 2004
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Get the wampa mug.When someone really screws up and you think there's going to be hell to pay but they somehow get away with it.
It comes from Admiral Piett in Star Wars. After the millenium falcon goes into hyperspace in the Empire Strikes Back, you just know Vader is going to strangle Piett like all the others who "failed him". But... he doesn't.
(Piett survives until the next movie, finaly dying when a rebel A-wing fighter crashes through the bridge of his ship)
(Piett survives until the next movie, finaly dying when a rebel A-wing fighter crashes through the bridge of his ship)
by Dirge September 29, 2004
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