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Charrette 

is a term describing a period of intense design activity, often immediately preceding a deadline.

A little history:

The term "Charette" (little cart) appeared in the late 1800's. Architecture students at the Ecole Des Beaux-Arts in Paris who needed to rush their designs to their instructors, placed their drawings on a cart which was called a charette. Later the word broadened in meaning and came to describe any intense, short-term design project. Today the word is used by the architectural and design community at large to describe any intense, on-the-spot design effort.
FML, I've been Archi-totured. I am Charrette-ing all nights at Studio.
Charrette by Dr.Evil.shz April 20, 2011
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chiggerette

An asian who thinks, dresses, and talks like a black gangster that smokes menthol cigarettes.
"Yo check out Gary Wang over there, fuckin chiggerette is hittin a menthol"
chiggerette by uncle k February 12, 2006