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Definitions by ke6isf

eleventy-seven 

An imaginary number to be used when you have lost count of something and you need to verbally state a quantity.

Origin unknown.
Yes, I know you have rung the doorbell eleventy-seven times!
eleventy-seven by ke6isf August 12, 2004

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!
twentyleven by ke6isf August 12, 2004

don't try this at home 

Precursor to something that might be construed as dangerous or requiring arcane knowledge.

Comes from television commercials featuring people doing insane stunts.
"And now, Doctor Science is going to drink the liquid nitrogen! Don't try this at home, kids, remember, he knows more than you do!"

doctor science

A somewhat sarcastic nickname given to somebody who just gave a random scientific fact that might have something to do with the current conversation.

Originated from the original Doctor Science, a character belonging to comedian Dan Coffey, who "knows more than you do", has "a masters degree! In Science!", and would answer questions about random yet silly science with bogus yet silly answers (and even had a television show for a season or two in the states).
Q: Dear Doctor Science, if the speed of light is 186,000 miles per hour, what's the speed of dark?

A: Well, since dark is broken light, it doesn't really have a speed; it just kind of sits around until somebody turns on the light.
doctor science by ke6isf August 9, 2004

cutting room floor 

1) Where certain parts of a film wind up during editing for one reason or another - could be bloopers, or could be stuff that didn't add to the film in the director's opinion.

2) The usual description used on a DVD for the section where such bits wind up - assuming, of course, they put it on the disk.
The twenty minute soliquoly about cashews wound up on the cutting room floor.
cutting room floor by ke6isf July 23, 2004

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.
managed to death by ke6isf July 23, 2004

big help 

Somebody who either isn't, or somebody who can only be trusted to help you with that one menial task that would save you about 20 minutes of walking around. Invariably spoken with a slight hesitation before the term.
Johnson was a, uh, big help today as he told me when the light stopped blinking on the router.
big help by ke6isf July 23, 2004