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by Heptune May 14, 2005

(n) A common type of math word problem, usually a simple algebra problem involving lengths of fencing.
This is an example of a farmer brown:
Farmer Brown wants to fence off a rectangular pen using the side of his barn as one side of the pen. If the barn is 300 feet long, and Farmer Brown has 1200 feet of fencing material, what are the lengths of the other sides and what is the area enclosed?
Farmer Brown wants to fence off a rectangular pen using the side of his barn as one side of the pen. If the barn is 300 feet long, and Farmer Brown has 1200 feet of fencing material, what are the lengths of the other sides and what is the area enclosed?
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(n) In skydiving, the optical illusion that the ground is abruptly rushing up to meet you, which occurs if you freefall past your usual altitude for opening the parachute.
by Heptune May 14, 2005

A prefix added to a person's name to indicate that he or she is not acting typically. Has the same origin as pod person.
by Heptune May 14, 2005

by Heptune May 14, 2005
