tropicalm's definitions

outgeek

transitive verb. Is said of a person who is more of a geek than another person.

"What?! You don't know what an iPad is?! I must say...I really outgeek you on that one, mate!"

by tropicalm April 14, 2010

smart delay start

A start that is delayed from its normal time because of a smartphone use.

e.g. (at a petrol servo, while waiting in line)
- "Why isn't this car moving out, they've been finished for 5' now!"
- "They probably do a smart delay start! Honk at them! Or wait until they've finished texting."

by tropicalm October 17, 2017

lowbatt

Transitive regular verb: to lowbatt somebody

The action of under-considering someone, like your parents, your teacher, or whomever gives you an order or makes a remark that you think is inappropriate, unfair, or unjustified.

Comes after "low battery" obviously. More precisely it comes after a TV commercial broadcast in Australia in 2012 where you could see a teenager wearing a pair of earphones, listening to his smartphone music (this profile is a prime choice for parent low-batters), walking down the stairs, looking at his parents eating their dinner soup without saying a single word to each other, and probably swearing to himself that he'll never have their life. He eventually went to the fridge and grabbed something I can't remember of...

When I told my son that he couldn't go to that party Saturday night, he lowbatted me and turned away. He didn't listen to what I had to say anyway as he was listening to his iPhone with his headset on...

by tropicalm December 5, 2012