unidyne's definitions

Presidential

High quality, as in the liquor you save only for your best friends.

I keep the Chivas with the Presidential in the back of the cabinet.

by unidyne November 25, 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!

by Unidyne December 14, 2003

urban assault vehicle

A derogatory term for a Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV), especially one that is oversized.

Did you see that Cadillac Urban Assult Vehicle? Someone's got too much money!

by unidyne November 25, 2003

slot zombie

A gambler at a casino machine who is oblivious to his/her surroundings.

She's such a slot zombie that a fight broke out at the craps table behind her and she didn't even turn around.

by Unidyne March 11, 2005

straight 8

A now obsolete type of automobile engine that used eight cylinders in a row, instead of two rows as a V-8 engine does.

The old roadster had a straight 8 engine.

by Unidyne March 11, 2005

8 track

Either used to decribe something outdated or obsolete, or something that is "retro-chic".

You're driving a 72 Lincoln? Man, that is so 8 track!

by unidyne November 25, 2003

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.

by Unidyne December 29, 2003