Nova Turn

When a motorist wants to make a turn at an intersection, and is in the farthest opposite lane from the direction she needs to turn, and so cuts across 5 lanes of traffic to do so. The name comes from Northern Virginia, where drivers frequently make this sort of maneuver due to talking on the phone or applying makeup.

Today's commute sucked, I had to wait through two extra cycles of the light because some woman pulled a Nova turn and made everyone miss the light

by Meal Deal #2 January 1, 2012

National turn Lizard into a Flareon day

This is the day where you can turn anyone named Lizard into a Flareon from Pokémon with no permission.

"Okay Lizard, it's National turn Lizard into a Flareon day! Hold still so I can prepare the cool spell that turns you into a Flareon because I want to!"

by pixeel November 29, 2023

Turned

The blade's edge should be bent back to become blunt.

You have also turned his sword's edge.

by Arminkshipper June 28, 2024

1/7-turn mouse-pad rotation

Refers to where you temporarily spin your rectangular mouse-pad a fraction of a turn so that you can roll the mouse diagonally along the pad for maximum "continuous travel-distance" before having to lift the mouse and bring it back up to the top of the pad again. Useful for when you need to move the cursor farther than an entire "top to bottom" or "left to right" sweep of the screen, such as if the web-page is extra long/wide, or if you are needing to view the page with the magnifier racked up considerably.

I always set my cursor's travel-speed at maximum so that I usually don't have to move the mouse very far to navigate the entire screen-area; once in a while I have to look at a really long column of text or images (like if I'm reading a large volume of text or shopping for items on a lengthy catalog-page), though, and so I do a 1/7-turn mouse-pad rotation to minimize my having to perform "fresh-bite hops" with the mouse.

by QuacksO April 3, 2019

michigan u turn

While in the act of doing lines of cocaine one doubles back on an adjacent line.

There were two lines left but Tom did a Michigan u turn and did them both

by Hymen grinder December 4, 2021

Turn wrenches

To be a mechanic by trade.

I turn wrenches for a living.

by Triptonic47 July 6, 2022

snip turn

To work a duty or shift that is noticeably shorter than the average.

"I'll be done by lunch time I'm working a snip turn"

by mildlyinteresting April 5, 2009