An unlikely and absurdly designed machine intended to perform a simple function in the most complicated and indirect way. Named in honor of Reuben Lucius Goldberg (1883-1970), an engineer with the City of San Francisco Water and Sewers Department who became a Pulitzer-Prize winning cartoonist, sculptor and author. His long-running comic strip, "Inventions", displayed many such devices of his own design.
by Unidyne December 30, 2003
A state of surrealism, where things that should not make sense seem to do so. Term taken from the 1960's TV show hosted by writer Rod Serling.
Carl just found out that his father, the one he thought was dead, is still alive! How Twilight Zone can you get!
by Unidyne December 14, 2003
by Unidyne December 14, 2003
A now obsolete type of automobile engine that used eight cylinders in a row, instead of two rows as a V-8 engine does.
by Unidyne March 12, 2005
A Republicanized name for French Toast (which was named after Joseph French, the American chef who invented it, and has nothing to do with France).
by unidyne November 26, 2003
To lash out violently and at random, often in a blind rage. Term taken from the 1990's incidents of workplace violence involving US Postal System workers.
by Unidyne March 12, 2005
Trunication of "Las Vegas". Used often in reference to the city in Nevada, or the lifestyle of the late 1950's that typified the "Rat Pack" era.
I blew money at a casino, saw a stage show, got drunk at a bar and got lucky with a cute lady. I guess you could say I had the Vegas experience.
by Unidyne March 12, 2005