knowman's definitions

cynic

a person who became extremely pissed off when he realalised that the universe dosen't revolve arround him.someone who thinks himself hard to please because no one wants to please him. an optomist who traded his rose colored glasses for a flaw finding magnifying glass. a lot of times a person who would rarher bitch about things than try to change them.

an optomist thinks a thing can be made perfect,a realist less bad ,a cynic says the hell with it.

by knowman February 24, 2008

dragging edge

Old, obsolete, out dated technology. The opposite of leading edge.

That monitor is dragging edge, but it was free, and works well so who cares ?

by knowman October 20, 2008

flash stutter

When the stream to a flash or other player doesn't supply enough valid data so the player runs, freezes, runs, freezes. Also called breakup, bad connection, corrupted data.

The site has some good movies, bur the flash stutter will drive you nuts.

by knowman April 27, 2008

pretty prancing pony

A coworker who puts on a show for the boss, but does no real work. The bosses' pet,who gets away with murser. As apposed to a pack mule who doesn't look like much, but does most of the real work.

She's a pretty prancing pony and the bosses' pet. The trouble with this place is there are too many ponies and not enough mules.

by knowman March 17, 2008

garage sale trail

The path most consumer technology takes, from gee wiz. to so what, to make an offer. In other words technology will become quickly outdated and lose most of its value. The rule of the garage sale trail is a curse to the first owner but a blessing for the next owner.

The rule of the garage sale trail makes a $1,000 tv worth $50 in 5 years.

by knowman December 20, 2011

frash

Trash that some one puts on craigslist's free entry so they won't have to pay to get rid of it. Free trash. A couch that stinks of cat piss is frash.

If a listing on Cl is more than 2 hours old the item is usually frash.

by knowman June 6, 2010

unpractial joker

a person who thinks thier tricks are cute,funny,or clever when they are mean, stupid,or disruptive. they tend to be social missfits who like to dish it out,but don't like getting it back. even if they know they are wrong they never apolagise,thier response is whats the matter can't you take a joke. these people get sent to sensativity training a lot,but it doesn't do any good.

the office gossip who spends more time making trouble than working. the unpractial joker who swaps mouse and keyboard cables jacking up your computer. the guy who makes things up to have something to say,

by knowman February 23, 2008