mikm's definitions

flux capacitor

A fictional device from the movie Back to the Future that allows travel through time. It can also be used as a scapegoat for computer problems when people ask dumb questions.

Some guy called me to ask me why his computer wasn't working during a power outage, so I told him his flux capacitor was broken.

by mikm December 28, 2005

black eye

A cup of coffee with two shots of espresso in it.

I was tired and needed to finish my paper, so I made a black eye.

by mikm October 9, 2006

Charlie

Slang used for the Viet Cong during the Vietnam war. It originates from the radio phonetics used (VC --> Victor Charlie), and was shortened to Charlie.

You're a good man, Charlie Brown.

by mikm July 20, 2008

pro bono

Latin. Literally means "for the (public) good".

Today, somebody working pro bono is working free as a public service.

The lawyer worked pro-bono to prosecute the KKK member for lynching black social workers.

by mikm August 25, 2005

404

Error returned when a server cannot find the requested page.

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I websurfed, weak and weary,

Over many a strange and spurious website of 'hot chicks galore',

While I clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning,

And my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour.

"'Tis not possible," I muttered, "give me back my cheap hardcore!"

Quoth the server, "404".

by mikm June 5, 2005

second cousin

If a resident of the deep south, please see wife. Otherwise, somebody you'll probably rarely meet.

Uneducated southerner: I jes' married mah secind cusin!

Everybody else: I can't come to the party. I gotta go to my second cousin's funeral, even though I never knew him.

by mikm June 6, 2005

wife

The woman a man is betrothed to. In some cases, notably among the poorly-educated in the American Deep South and the royalty in Europe, she very well be the sister or cousin of the man as well.

Redneck: I just married my cousin!
Prince John: What a coincidence, I just married my sister.

Normal people: Freaks.

by mikm June 7, 2005