A term used in logistics to describe the centre of gravity of all pallets carrying (or not) carrying goods worldwide. Due to the absence of a GPS tracker on most pallets, this is a quantity (expressed as a latitude and longitude) that can only be estimated.

Setting 0.N and 0.E as a baseline, the mean pallet is estimated to be somewhere over the Caspian Sea (due to a high level of manufacturing in the far east.) It is also estimated to be drifting in a east-south-easterly direction at a rate of 0.24 kilometres per day although the movement of the largets container ships can produce significant noise in this trend.

(From a postdoctorate textbook in applied logistics):-

'The Mean Pallet was a phrase first coined in the 19th Century by a Victorian industrialist who, looking out of his factory window, proclaimed 'I wonder where ye average of all ye world pallets be'

Mean Pallet by mids99 July 10, 2010

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clef pallet

When a child is born and their upper lip is connected to their nostral(s).

Some ways to identify a former clef palleter (someone who was born with a clef pallet) is to look for the following:

1. scarred and/or twisted upper lip
2. they have a mustache
3. the have a terrible lisp

Yo Dean, check out that guys clef pallet, he looks like a wounded duck.

clef pallet by Skott October 11, 2004

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Pallet Grinding

The annoying habit of speaking from deep in the back of the throat thus creating a sort of gravely tone. Most easily noticeable when done by women as it lowers the tone of their voice as well.

Tim "Jenny is a pallet grinder, it drives me crazy!"

Scott "Oh I hate pallet grinding, why don't they just speak forward."

"Will Smith pallet grinds a lot in I am Legend."

Pallet Grinding by Timothy of Washinton January 13, 2009

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