Ice-nine

(1) Any doomsday catalyst; any precipitator which brings about cataclysmic, apocalyptic change -- yes, Virginia, THE END of the world, Armageddon, "that's all she wrote", APOCALYPTIC #FAIL!

(2) The Unholy Grail of overzealous scientists who in the thoughtless pursuit of "pure science" unwittingly create a doomsday device.

(3) Specifically, the fictional doomsday catalyst envisioned by Kurt Vonnegut in his novel "Cat's Cradle." Ironically, the inventor of Vonnegut's "ice-nine" never intended his creation to be used as a doomsday device; this shortsighted scientist only foresaw "ice-nine" being used for the ploddingly pedestrian purpose of making it possible for combat Marines to march over mud in much the same manner that Jesus is said to have come striding across the tempest-tossed waves of the Sea of Galilee (Matthew 14:24).

EXAMPLES:

(1) ' "Suppose," chortled Dr. Breed, "there were many possible ways water could freeze. Suppose the ice we skate upon -- what we might call ice-one -- is only one type of ice. Suppose water always froze as ice-one because it had never had a seed to teach it how to form ice-two, ice-three, ice-four? Suppose there were one form, which we will call ice-nine -- with a melting point of 130 degrees. " '

-- "Cat's Cradle", Ch. 20

(2) ' Breed asked me to think of Marines in a swamp.

' "Their trucks are sinking in ooze."

' He winked. "But suppose one Marine had a capsule containing a seed of ice-nine, a new way for the atoms of water to stack and lock, to freeze. If that Marine threw that seed into the nearest puddle . . . ?"

' "The puddle would freeze?" I guessed.

' "And all the puddles . . .?"

' "They would freeze?"

' "You bet they would!" he cried. "And the Marines would rise from the swamp and march on!" '

-- "Cat's Cradle", Ch. 21

(3) ' "I keep thinking about that swamp" I said. "If the streams flowing through the swamp froze as ice-nine, what about the rivers and lakes the streams fed?"

' "They'd freeze."

' "And the oceans . . . ?"

' "They'd freeze, of course," Dr. Breed snapped.

' "And the springs . . . ?"

' "They'd freeze, damn it!" he cried.

' "And the rain?"

' "When it fell, it would freeze into hard little hobnails of ice-nine -- and that would be the end of the world!" '

-- "Cat's Cradle", Ch. 22

by Dinkum August 20, 2013

quadriplegic nine

After climaxing in the vertical 69 sexual postion, the upright person simply drops his upside down partner, causing below the neck paralysis.

That ho was getting mouthy, so I pulled a quadriplegic nine on her. Now she is a veg.

by jTaylor22 October 8, 2009

nine thousand

the limit to the acceptability of an unreasonably high number. if you see something surpass 9000, take off your scouter and crush it in your hand while screaming "its over nine THOUSAAAAANDDDD!!"

Nappa: "Vegeta! What does the scouter say about his power level!??!?"

Vegeta: "Its over nine thousand!!!!" *crushes scouter*

by touch mah monkayy June 19, 2010

Over nine thousand

Its what Vegeta's scouter says about Kakorat's power level.

Nappa: Vegeta, whats the scouter say about his power level?
Vegeta: It's over NINE THOUSAND (THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND)
Nappa: WHAT?! NINE THOUSAND?!

by 2-D July 12, 2007

Nine in the Afternoon

A state of absolute bliss and happiness, coined by Panic (formerly !) at the Disco in their song "Nine in the Afternoon". Also known as getting high off of life.

"You know what James, it's nine in the afternoon!"
"Dude it's 10 in the morning"

by dacalpha November 2, 2008

Titty-Nine

A sex position in which two females lick or suck each others tits at the same time. Similar to the sex position sixty nine

Hey dude, I was watching some great lesbian porn last night. These two super hot bitches were doing the Titty-Nine

by thetittyniner September 25, 2015

the nine

Slang used to say 79th street in Chicago

we on the nine after school

by cam da one February 13, 2007