tuff

Cool, in a rugged wrong-side-of-the-tracks way. Comes from the S.E. Hinton novel The Outsiders. Oppose preppie, and differs significantly from tough.
You ain't tuff, and you never will be, ya preppie!
by ke6isf March 23, 2004
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microsoft glaze

A notional Microsoft product that is installed on wetware and produces that weird, hypnotic, glassy expression some sheeple get when they praise Microsoft products in the face of adversity.
I was ranting about how fgets made my code segfault on my Linux box when the secretary's Microsoft Glaze kicked in and she started praising Visual C++.
by ke6isf November 07, 2003
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take a number

Figurative: "If you want to discuss this topic with me, you will need to wait your turn, as there are any number of others who wish to do so who got here before you did."

Comes from a line control mechanism that is found today with decreasing frequency, where one is requested to take a numbered ticket from a strategically placed dispenser and accordingly wait for that number to be called.
Your computer just blew up? Take a number, I've been getting calls on that all day.
by ke6isf October 15, 2004
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twentyleven

Similar to eleventy-seven, an imaginary number to be used when you need to state a quantity. Unlike eleventy-seven, however, implies a higher quantity.
That drunk must have said "Isn't this great?" about twentyleven times!
by ke6isf August 12, 2004
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Sheeple

The hoi polloi. Those who follow triends blindly. Portmanteau of "sheep" and "people", derived as sheep follow their flock and shepherd seemingly mindlessly.
The sheeple cheered as Britney Spears' replacement girl-group singer came onto the stage after hearing she was featured in Teen magazine.
by ke6isf November 03, 2003
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external brain

A device one uses to record important data such as addresses and phone numbers. Typically a PDA, but can be as simple as a notepad and pen.
Hold on a second, let me put that in my external brain.
by ke6isf March 23, 2004
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managed to death

A politically correct sounding euphemistic term to describe the failure of a company owing to poor management.
foobar.com fell apart the other day - it was managed to death.
by ke6isf July 24, 2004
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