34 definitions by nco
Noun.
1.) An interactive website for short stories.
2.) A map tool, usually signified by an arrow, that shows: YOU ARE HERE
1.) An interactive website for short stories.
2.) A map tool, usually signified by an arrow, that shows: YOU ARE HERE
by nco November 16, 2003
by nco November 19, 2003
Mariah Carey was hospitalized for HUMA Syndrome in 2002, recovered slightly, but albulm sales have never been the same.
by nco November 16, 2003
by nco November 16, 2003
Main Entry: drogue
Pronunciation: 'drOg
Function: noun
Etymology 1: Anthony Burgess’ _A Clockwork Orange_.
Date: circa 1971
Etymology 2: probably alteration of 1drag
Date: 1875
1. A toady. A cohort. A person that you use as a pawn. Someone that goes before the leader to take the main assault. A friend by convenience.
2 : SEA ANCHOR
3 a : a cylindrical or funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane b : a small parachute for stabilizing or decelerating something (as an astronaut's capsule) or for pulling a larger parachute out of stowage
3 : a funnel-shaped device which is attached to the end of a long flexible hose suspended from a tanker airplane in flight and into which the probe of another airplane is fitted so as to receive fuel from the tanker.
*Definitions 2-3 derive from Merriam Webster.
Pronunciation: 'drOg
Function: noun
Etymology 1: Anthony Burgess’ _A Clockwork Orange_.
Date: circa 1971
Etymology 2: probably alteration of 1drag
Date: 1875
1. A toady. A cohort. A person that you use as a pawn. Someone that goes before the leader to take the main assault. A friend by convenience.
2 : SEA ANCHOR
3 a : a cylindrical or funnel-shaped device towed as a target by an airplane b : a small parachute for stabilizing or decelerating something (as an astronaut's capsule) or for pulling a larger parachute out of stowage
3 : a funnel-shaped device which is attached to the end of a long flexible hose suspended from a tanker airplane in flight and into which the probe of another airplane is fitted so as to receive fuel from the tanker.
*Definitions 2-3 derive from Merriam Webster.
by nco November 16, 2003
Deep thought.
A cliché that means deep thought.
The action of people thinking underwater.
also:
Main Entry: 1fath·om
Pronunciation: 'fa-th&m
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English fadme, from Old English fæthm outstretched arms, length of the outstretched arms; akin to Old Norse fathmr fathom, Latin patEre to be open, pandere to spread out, Greek petannynai
Date: before 12th century
1 : a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water
2 : COMPREHENSION
A cliché that means deep thought.
The action of people thinking underwater.
also:
Main Entry: 1fath·om
Pronunciation: 'fa-th&m
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English fadme, from Old English fæthm outstretched arms, length of the outstretched arms; akin to Old Norse fathmr fathom, Latin patEre to be open, pandere to spread out, Greek petannynai
Date: before 12th century
1 : a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water
2 : COMPREHENSION
The first year composition students could not fathom another way to write without the use of trite words.
by nco November 16, 2003