Skip to main content

The First Law of Engineering

The premise that 1) Anything can be fixed by hitting it with a hammer, and 2) If you cannot fix the problem, you do not have a big enough hammer.

See also: Percussive Maintenance, Harmonic Persuasion.
"It's The First Law of Engineering, Leonidas,” Granadica sent. “If you can’t fix it, you’re not using a big enough hammer.”

-Granadica in The Hot Gate, book three of the Troy Rising series by John Ringo
by Western_Rambler November 5, 2020
mugGet the The First Law of Engineering mug.

Jake Piper's first law

The mighty honourable Jake Piper has 4 laws, and his first is simple.

Forget the minus.
Fred: "Ah man I was doing this question and I got -17 seconds, what do I do?"
Tim: "Use Jake Piper's first law, you'll be fine"
by unitybacon October 13, 2020
mugGet the Jake Piper's first law mug.

First Degree Manhoodslaughter

A death resulting from the repeated action of beating someone wildly with your penis. The coroner's report usually shows multiple mushroom shaped bruises to the skull region.
Gentleman: Guys, I am getting charged with first degree manhoodslaughter. I may be canned for a number of years.

Friend: What is that?

Gentleman: I accidently killed my girlfriend last month. She wouldn't swallow my load so I started beating her senseless with my man pipe. I stopped too late and now am facing that charge.
by Uncle Gary's Potato Farm May 26, 2017
mugGet the First Degree Manhoodslaughter mug.

first month free

A female Dino eats a orange political figure 34 times exactally and then performs a satanic ritual.
First month free is coll
by Jeb bush enrich killduff x joe December 8, 2017
mugGet the first month free mug.

First class wanker licker

wanker licker is when you are desperate for attention and out of swear words, espacially when called first class wanker licker.
This just wasted two mins of my life what a load of shit and clearly trys to hard to be funny - this is the perfect example of a first class wanker licker ! -Ryan
by monos1 February 23, 2018
mugGet the First class wanker licker mug.

Gibb's First Law

Coined by Gibbs himself, it is short for 'Gibb's First law of relational-dynamics'

It states that:

No relationship between two persons can ever remain purely platonic, it will either end with one member (usually the male) feeling friendzoned and thus ending the relationship after they lose all hope, or with the relationship becoming romantic, in which case Gibb's Second Law must apply as Gibbs is always right.
Person 1: "Whoa, Sarah and Matt are such good friends!"
Person 2: "Trust me, they're gonna be more than friends soon enough"
Person 1: "Oh yeahhhh, Gibb's First Law, lucky Matt!"
by Slow-winky February 14, 2017
mugGet the Gibb's First Law mug.

first offenders

A group of minors who have received criminal charges but got off with a warning. Basically the luckiest of all pricks
I don't know how those first offenders did it but they got off on all charges
by Nickthenigger February 16, 2017
mugGet the first offenders mug.

Share this definition

Sign in to vote

We'll email you a link to sign in instantly.

Or

Check your email

We sent a link to

Open your email