Fastest man-made object

On the 17th of April, 1976, space craft Helios 2 set the record for the fastest man-made object at approximately 150,000mph; 241,350 km/h; 203.25 times the speed of sound at -3 degrees Celsius (see Mach); or about 1/4470th the speed of light.

Don't worry about the passengers' brains melting, the fastest man-made object was unmanned. The fastest *Manned* Vehicle was the Apollo 10 capsule on re-entry at ~24,790 mph (39,885 km/h) on the 26th of May 1969.

by Zach Drahbege January 12, 2009

mr large generic blunt object

a large generic blunt object from the demented cartoon movie

super blah: (flying, humming, runs into mr large generic blunt object)

by wakalakalover45 March 29, 2005

blunt object

a object you would hit something with, however, said object is not sharp.

person 1: Man, dont you hate that guy

person 2: Ya, i wish i could hit him with a bat, or any blunt object.

by the guy who describes words September 15, 2010

shiny object syndrome

To be driven toward shiny objects. Usually related to projects, in the sense that you won't finish one project before starting a new one.

Brent's shiny object syndrome prevents him from finishing any project before starting something new.

by Pygarp November 17, 2016

man made object

b u i l d i n g

some random guy: i have a vision of a man made object
construction worker: thats a rectangle you drew in ms paint

by anonymous February 3, 2023

verb the whole object

A snowclone often used in New Age, pseudoscientific or borderline fields to cast a warm glow over the enterprise in question. Meant to imply, usually fallaciously, that the real scientists or professionals are missing out on something that their clients urgently need, or at least want very very badly but for some arcane reason are unable or afraid to articulate.

Examples of phrases using the "verb the whole object" construction would be:

"Alternative" practitioners treat the whole patient. (Unlike those bloody doctors, of course.)

Home birth widwifes read the whole woman.

Organic caterers use the whole plant. (I wonder if they make rhubarb crumble).

by Fearman February 23, 2008

Shiny Object

A person of the opposite sex used to distract you for a short period of time, not intended for the long term.

Kelly hooked up with Rob last night, but she's not interested in dating him, he's just a shiny object to her.

by northeastchik October 23, 2009