Definitions by unidyne

pirate radio

An unlicensed radio station, often broadcasting political or controvercial material. The term was coined in the 1960's with "Radio Caroline", which broadcasted from a ship just outside of British territorial waters. Today's pirate broadcasters often play dance music not normally heard on comercial stations, or are intended to provide entertainment or opinions outside the mainstream.

The pirate radio station broadcasted trance music into the early hours of the morning.

pirate radio by Unidyne March 11, 2005

comp 

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.

Harry's uncle got comped a steak dinner at Harrah's after winning at Craps.

comp by Unidyne September 17, 2004

space monkey 

Someone who is impossable to communicate with when they are under the influence (Taken from the chimpanzees used in the early days of teh space program who were impossable to communicate with when they were in orbit).

Jerry's gone space monkey on us. Three tequilas and he's in his own orbit!

space monkey by unidyne July 25, 2004

Rube Goldberg

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.

My Grandfather built his own fuel injector with a Rube Goldberg set-up made of old plumbing parts.

Rube Goldberg by Unidyne December 29, 2003

road warrior 

A travelling business person who spends much of his time on the road, driving between meetings or presentations. The name is taken from "The Road Warrior", the US title of the Australian action film "Mad Max 2".

Sahda's a serious road warrior. She's clocked 12,000 on her car just driving to give presentations.

road warrior by Unidyne December 14, 2003

Twilight Zone

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!

Twilight Zone by Unidyne December 14, 2003

twilight zone

Scuba diving term for the point where sunlight no longer penetrates the water.

We dove so far down, we reached the twilight zone.

twilight zone by Unidyne December 14, 2003