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Primer talks

A series of 5-6 short talks (<10 minutes) that prepare, and make a captive audience ready for a particular purpose around a real-world topic e.g. "Urban Mobility" "Future Workplace" "Zero emissions" "Zero Returns" "Frontline Safety".
Collaborative discussion needs to make a connection fast, be open-ended, bound to trigger something after. This format tries to kill the small talk and get to the point. Primer talks goal is to facilitate perspectives, and speaker and audience engagement after.

Audiences want real-world decision makers making it happen, not innovation theatre. Primer talks are used to set the stage for immersive problem solving workshops design sprint, a hackathon, "blue-sky" design thinking etc. IT is the contextual awareness that that is needed to start! It is the undercoat!
Primer talks by devXbot April 20, 2020

Primer Party 

Party held in dorm room or apartment downtown early on a Friday night, usually around 6:00pm. These were held to “Prime” pregameyourself for a night of drinking. It is always easier to get a good buzz on before heading out to the bars, than to spend $4.00 for a bottle of bud when you can get a suitcase for $20.00
That was some primer party last night, I got so snotted I never made it downtown
Primer Party by Tackleberry October 20, 2005
A particularly under rated car made by nissan, the 1.6's powered through the front wheels by a GA16DE producing around 100 BHP and the rarer GT or eGT models powered by the fantastic SR20DE producing approximately 150 BHP

the 1991 to 1996 P10 model is the best handling and lightest of the primera's ;-)
my primera owns your shitty corsa.
primera by geeayare December 28, 2005

Primorph 

Peter programmed a circle with a green primorph.
Primorph by Pigeonface1708 February 16, 2023

High angle primers 

Field artillery slang. High angle primers are a nonexistent item that is used to trick rookies. Often used to send unsuspecting rookies on a wild goose chase.(Regular artillery primers work at low and high angles, so there is no high-angle version of them).
"Go down to the motor pool and ask Sergeant Williams for some high angle primers."
alcoholic beverages consumed at someone's house/residence before an evening of partying at a bar or nightclub, the premise being to save cash which you would otherwise have to spend at the establishment in order to get fully buzzed.
"let's pick up some primers before we go bar-hopping tonight."
primer by hipster November 24, 2005