Term used in the gaming (gambling) industry to describe gratuities given to frequent gamblers or high-rollers. Trunication of "complimentary" and often used as a verb.
by Unidyne September 18, 2004
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
by unidyne November 26, 2003
A religious preacher, almost always Evangelical Christian, who preaches on paid television programs. The term is a fusion of "Television" and "Evangelist", and with recent scandals involving sexual and/or financial wrong-doings among televanngelists, the term has a negative influence.
by Unidyne March 12, 2005
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 now obsolete automobile engine that had six cylinders in a row, instead of two rows as a current V-6 engine.
by Unidyne March 12, 2005