vaeren's definitions

w/ever

An increasingly popular im abbreviation for 'whatever.' Used when dismissing another person's comments in a chat room or messenger-type setting.

Person 1: "Oh I am soooo cute!"

Person 2: "w/ever die plz"

by vaeren May 17, 2007

password purgatory

The delay experienced after incorrectly typing your Windows login password, before you are allowed another chance to enter it.

I mashed the keys too much typing my password, so now I'm stuck in password purgatory

by vaeren August 20, 2008

failsuck

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

CMS Coffee

n. A coffee break taken after a Catastrophic, Major, or Serious incident has occurred. Attendees at the CMS Coffee are usually quiet and reflective in demeanor. The most likely place for a CMS Coffee to occur is onboard an oil platform in Norway.

After spending 2 days trying to fix broken electronics, the crew sat down for a nice CMS Coffee.

by vaeren January 13, 2007

schlumbergeer

A person holding the job title of Field Engineer, who happens to be employed by the oilfield services company Schlumberger. Such a person will normally work offshore or on land, at times on a drilling rig.

Dave, my friend from Nigeria, is a Schlumbergeer.

by vaeren October 1, 2011

offshore christmas

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.

My crew and I were running an RST job, so we had an offshore christmas.

by vaeren December 18, 2006

lost time

n. An oilfield term describing time not spent doing the task at hand (drilling, producing, or servicing wells). Lost time typically results in telephone calls, e-mail and paperwork from the FSM.

We had four hours of lost time on the last shift.

by vaeren January 13, 2007