cable rage

The incomparable rage that one feels when dealing with the cable company, when they repeatedly put you on hold for 20 minutes then cut you off, when they cancel a reapir visit after calling your office number to confirm a 7 am visit to your house when you told them to call home, when they tell you to stay home from work for an 8 hour service window because they can't accomdate your weekend request for a month.

Similar to road rage but perhaps a bit less likely to be lethal.

I am in serious cable rage after dealing with those monoploy shitheads at the cable company for the 5th time in the past two weeks. If I could get my hands on some of them right now, ther term 'going postal' might be replaced by 'going cable'.

by Michael Levitan April 4, 2008

fancy cable

n. A type of cable television distribution using fancy video compression. The technology was developed by Motorola. Fancy cable is used by cable distributors to increase the variety of programming available on their networks, using video compression to transfer more channels through their cable networks already in place. The use of the fancy technology also adds the functionality of the cable box to have two-way communication, allowing for the purchasing of pay-per-view programming without use of a phone line, in addition to video on demand services and a secure signal.

Rachael went home to watch fancy cable at her parent's again...go figure!

by rolyaT October 22, 2007

Vestigial cable

Cable TV offering in many budget lodgings that is more basic than basic cable. Usually a tuning guide one real cable channel and an assortment of lame local channels. Rudimentary cable is a similar weak program option.

We stayed at the Super-8 lat night...the room was OK but the vestigial cable has to be the worst ever.

by TonyID March 15, 2010

Siera Cable

Siera is literally the best person ever. She is utterly beautiful and she is in love with fictional characters

Siera Cable said that she WOULD marry Tooru Oikawa.

by Iwachann November 17, 2020

tweaker cables

Using a cut USB cable to vape a nicotine pod or weed cart without the battery. Usually used by kids who can't buy the battery themselves.

Jimmy was using tweaker cables because his parents don't support his vaping addiction

by boybreeder February 17, 2022

Cable Locater

A job position that requires a worker to utilize wireless equipment to detect underground communication cables.
Most often workers use a RD-1000 with a "Lucy" pole and a "West" sprayer.

Look at that cable locater doing good locates.

That cable locater did 140 tickets this week, I bet his boss his proud.

by YippieYo November 22, 2016

building cable

Free, limited cable TV that one can access by connecting directly, without a box, to the cable outlet in an urban apartment building, typically New York City. Such access usually includes the major broadcast channels, public access, the "UN Channel" and the Food Network.

Hipsterette: "You going to watch The Sopranos tonight?"
Hipster: "No, I'm gonna watch some NOVA and a shitty movie on TBS. I only get building cable."

by Harvey Wallbanger III July 30, 2008