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Definitions by george mcbob

Capetonian

Welcome home, Capetonians!
Capetonian by George McBob August 24, 2009

financial virginity 

That state of innocence in which you live until you have to pay your first income tax, insurance premium or legal fee.
I'm going to lose my financial virginity this month. Not looking forward to it.

antichrist 

A particle with the same mass, spin and quantum properties as a christ, but an opposite charge.

It will annihilate when it comes into contact with a christ, producing a gamma ray photon and a lambda neutrino.
We're getting an antichrist signature from the CERN data that could support Dr. Weisenhoffer's theory.
antichrist by George McBob June 30, 2009

Zeroeth Law 

A Zeroeth Law is a law that is added to another set of laws at a later date.

It is usually so important that the other laws cannot function without it, yet so obvious that nobody thought it needed stating.
The Zeroeth Law of thermodynamics: If objects B and C are both in thermal equilibrium with object A, then they are in thermal equilibrium with each other.

Isaac Asimov's Zeroth Law of Robotics: A robot may not harm humanity, or through inaction allow humanity to come to harm.

Newton's Zeroeth Law of Motion: If objects A and B are moving relative to object C at velocities v1 and v2, then they are moving relative to each other at velocity v3 which is the difference between v1 and v2. (Note: This law is now known not to be true, especially near the speed of light. That's where Einstein comes in)

The Zeroeth Commandment: Thou Shalt believe all of this and never question what thou art told.
Zeroeth Law by George McBob June 22, 2009

hostage talker 

Someone who starts a conversation with you when in fact you have no wish to speak to them, then talks for ages without giving you an opportunity to excuse yourself without appearing rude.

Hostage talkers either enjoy making you uncomfortable or are completely oblivious to the fact that they are not wanted. People likely to be hostage talkers are mothers, younger brothers, bosses or people to whom you owe money.
Dave: Why isn't Mike here yet?
Steve: I think he ran into Linda in the hallway.
Dave: Damn, then he'll be ages. She's a hostage talker.

drown some worms 

To go fishing with little or no expectation of actually catching anything.

The main purpose of drowning worms is to sit around on a boat and drink beer.
Hey mate, you want to drown some worms this weekend?

communist 

Someone whose mother never taught him that money doesn't grow on trees.
Communism only works for ants, bees and mole rats. Introduce any individuality into the economic system and it breaks down to form anarchy or totalitarianism. No communist system has ever worked in practice.
communist by George McBob May 25, 2009