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The state of limbo at a fitness facility where you are waiting for a piece of equipment that someone else is using and you have nothing else to do.
by richard bullard barnes November 14, 2012
Get the gymbomug. text abberviation for "As the kids say." When adults are talking they often cop to speaking in demi-adult lingo. When adults use words in email or texting like "word", "pumped", "hip", "phat", "tight" or abbreviations like "ttyl", "ROFLMAO", and so on, they should immediately follow that with "atks", to indicate that they recognize they are a) too square to actually pull it off or b) using those terms to in an ironic fashion.
by richard bullard barnes September 11, 2012
Get the atksmug. A phrase used in the closing line of an email or verbal communication used to make fun of those who overuse the phrase "cool beans."
Tyler's email read:
Sounds good guys. We're meeting in front of the library at 8pm for the team run.
Makin' Porridge.
Tyler
Sounds good guys. We're meeting in front of the library at 8pm for the team run.
Makin' Porridge.
Tyler
by richard bullard barnes August 9, 2010
Get the Makin' Porridgemug. Dude: "My boss is up north this week, so I'm totally emancivisored. Let's meet up on Wednesday, I'll take a long lunch."
by richard bullard barnes August 23, 2010
Get the emancivisoredmug. The alphabite is the best bite of a meal or snack. The meal or snack is usually composed of numerous different ingredients and textures, allowing for variability in taste from one mouthful to the next. Thus, some bites are better than others and there is a particular mouthful that is superior to the rest. This superior mouthful is known as the 'alphabite.'
When eating a sandwich with crust, for instance, the alphabite could be considered the middle portion of the sandwich where you get to eat 100% meat/cheese/softbread/dressings. No crust. Thus, the 'alphabite.'
The 'alphabite' of a cookie may be the place on the cookie where multiple chocolate chips have gathered, thus giving you a high chocolate-to-dough ratio in that area of the cookie, leading to the 'alphabite', or best bite of that particular cookie.
The place on a slice of pizza where three pepperoni got stuck together resting atop an entire sundried tomato would be the location of an 'alphabite.' and so on...
The 'alphabite' of a cookie may be the place on the cookie where multiple chocolate chips have gathered, thus giving you a high chocolate-to-dough ratio in that area of the cookie, leading to the 'alphabite', or best bite of that particular cookie.
The place on a slice of pizza where three pepperoni got stuck together resting atop an entire sundried tomato would be the location of an 'alphabite.' and so on...
by richard bullard barnes July 26, 2010
Get the alphabitemug. Two (or more) intelligent people who are frequently seen together. These intelligent people may often hang out together because they find the company of others to be dull or IQ lowering. Like 'partners', but with brains.
I saw Andrew and Spencer hanging out in the quad again today. Andrew was assembling his solar powered espresso machine and Spencer was setting off vinegar and baking soda rockets. I think they're smartners.
by richard bullard barnes March 8, 2011
Get the Smartnersmug. The state you're in when you've recorded (via DVR, VHS, etc) a sporting event or tv show and wish to watch it for the first time without knowing the outcome or ending.
If your girlfriend wants to watch Top Chef and you want to watch the Lakers game, you might tape the game and go into "the bubble." During the time you're in the bubble, you must be very cautious about any incoming information (internet/phone calls/scores moving along the bottom of the screen, etc) because the goal is to watch the game "live to you" so you can enjoy the drama.
Dude, don't tell me the outcome of the Steelers game. I'm in 'the Bubble'.
Dude, don't tell me the outcome of the Steelers game. I'm in 'the Bubble'.
by richard bullard barnes August 5, 2010
Get the The Bubblemug.