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When a professor is denied tenure and exacts revenge by shooting up the department and/or the administration with whom they worked.
The biology professor was awarded tenure because the department was afraid she was crazing enough that she'd be going Huntsville.
by ksmanning March 19, 2010
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Generally, "warpies" are male or groups of both genders, and "warpie chicks" are female.
Generally, "warpies" are male or groups of both genders, and "warpie chicks" are female.
by ksmanning June 27, 2009
Get the warpie mug.A wimpy individual, a wuss, sissy, or timid scaredy-cat. Someone who cannot make a move until everything is known beforehand.
Originating from the people on "Wheel of Fortune" who either buy a vowel when it is already obvious what the solution is (thus wasting money), or who buy a vowel too early, well before they'd have a chance of solving the puzzle, and thus essentially buy a free vowel for whoever spins next.
Originating from the people on "Wheel of Fortune" who either buy a vowel when it is already obvious what the solution is (thus wasting money), or who buy a vowel too early, well before they'd have a chance of solving the puzzle, and thus essentially buy a free vowel for whoever spins next.
The clue was "A game show", he had
"WH _ _ L _F F _ RTUN _"
on the board, and he bought the three E's before guessing! What a vowel buyer!"
To the car in front of you: "C'mon, you vowel buyer! Pull out into traffic and get going! You'll never have a bigger gap!"
"WH _ _ L _F F _ RTUN _"
on the board, and he bought the three E's before guessing! What a vowel buyer!"
To the car in front of you: "C'mon, you vowel buyer! Pull out into traffic and get going! You'll never have a bigger gap!"
by ksmanning March 7, 2010
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Coined by Edward Tufte, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Statistics, and Computer Science at Yale University;
Member, Recovery Independent Advisory Panel for President Barack Obama
Coined by Edward Tufte, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Statistics, and Computer Science at Yale University;
Member, Recovery Independent Advisory Panel for President Barack Obama
(1) USA Today had a graph with so much chartjunk all over it I couldn't even tell what the point was.
(2) His PowerPoint had so much clipart ! All that chartchunk hid so much of the real info that I was able to fall asleep for the whole talk.
(2) His PowerPoint had so much clipart ! All that chartchunk hid so much of the real info that I was able to fall asleep for the whole talk.
by ksmanning March 25, 2010
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Get the deja du jour mug.The tendency of contemporary singers to drag out the last word and/or note in a line by singing vowels, mostly a's and e's, over and over. The effect is enhanced by also going up and down the musical scale in an almost random, even chaotic, fashion. This can also be highlighted with the singer's hand whipping up and down following the notes sung.
by ksmanning December 22, 2009
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