An oilfield term used to describe a condition that does not need to be corrected right away. For instance, a minor mistake which can be corrected later is deemed "playbackable."
The word originated when oilfield data was kept on computer tapes, and in order to re-access the data, the tape had to be played back.
The word originated when oilfield data was kept on computer tapes, and in order to re-access the data, the tape had to be played back.
Example:
Terry: "I can't believe I just spent my last $20 at the craps table. Too bad my bet isn't playbackable."
Example 2:
Jim: "I just computed some data with the wrong model."
Tom: "Don't worry, it's playbackable."
Terry: "I can't believe I just spent my last $20 at the craps table. Too bad my bet isn't playbackable."
Example 2:
Jim: "I just computed some data with the wrong model."
Tom: "Don't worry, it's playbackable."
by vaeren March 18, 2009
Get the playbackablemug. Getting it done, making it happen. You aren't 'motivating' or 'empowering' or anything remotely similar - you're puttin' foot to ass!
Sally: "Wow, look at Tom telling those committee members what's what."
Rick: "Yeah, he's really puttin' foot to ass in there."
Rick: "Yeah, he's really puttin' foot to ass in there."
by vaeren October 16, 2009
Get the puttin' foot to assmug. Oilfield Engineer A: "Hey, we need to do an RST and a PLT in this well. Somebody call Schlumberger."
Oilfield Engineer B: "Shouldn't we run an SCMT and a CHFR in addition to the RST?"
Oilfield Engineer A: "Nah, on second thought, we'll just P&A."
Normal Person: "Hey guys, shut up with all the Schlumberjargon and let's just do the job!"
Oilfield Engineer B: "Shouldn't we run an SCMT and a CHFR in addition to the RST?"
Oilfield Engineer A: "Nah, on second thought, we'll just P&A."
Normal Person: "Hey guys, shut up with all the Schlumberjargon and let's just do the job!"
by vaeren August 27, 2008
Get the Schlumberjargonmug. An exfoliating treatment provided by small hailstones driven by 60+ mph winds. Typically experienced on oil rigs and platforms in the North Sea, between Norway and the United Kingdom
The wind was blowing 75 knots today, and it was hailing, so I got a North Sea Facial on the way to the drill floor.
by vaeren January 26, 2008
Get the North Sea Facialmug. An increasingly popular im abbreviation for 'whatever.' Used when dismissing another person's comments in a chat room or messenger-type setting.
by vaeren May 17, 2007
Get the w/evermug. A phenomenon which occurs during the final stages of a bad situation (or failboat), failsuck is the tendency of a situation to consume huge quantities of time and resources before it is corrected, resolved or abandoned. Once a situation collapses under its own 'gravity of fail' it becomes a 'vortex of failsuck' that begins to consume all people, time, and resources in its vicinity.
John left the meeting, but was pulled back in when Steve suggested changing the contract, collapsing the meeting into a vortex of failsuck.
by vaeren April 25, 2009
Get the failsuckmug. n. A Christmas Eve or Christmas Day spent offshore on a rig or platform in Norway. Usually celebrated with a large, elaborate meal and boxes of chocolates.
by vaeren December 18, 2006
Get the offshore christmasmug.