Drive By Engineering

Engineering accomplished, usually incorrectly, by walking in the vicinity of a project, and attempting to point out how it could be better or how it is wrong.
The drive by engineer is usually in a position of authority and has failed to consider all of the relevant facts before making his or her incorrect claims. The victim of the drive by engineering is then forced to spend several hours justifying the design to the superior.

"Did you hear that Bob was a victim of Dave's drive by engineering?"

by Joe Louis May 3, 2007

Engineer

Someone who solves a problem you didn't know you had in a way you don't understand.

You: "Hey, wait here, I'mma go take a dump."

Friend: "Alright."

*5 minutes later*

Friend: "Dude..I was playing guitar with your amp and I noticed a parasitic capacitance between the output and the input, causing parasitic oscillation. So I really quickly soldered them a little further from eachother, so it shouldn't have any feedback anymore."

You: "Oh...uhhh... thanks?"

Friend: "Hey, I'm an engineer. It's what I do."

by IsraelHands09 September 18, 2010

social engineering

The attempt to control social behavior.

The Canadian government wants to create a passified country through social engineering.

by Eddy April 7, 2005

Electrical Engineer

A person with substantial skills in imaginary mathematics and the ability to use these unreal numbers to come up with an answer that applies only some of the time.

Also: A person whose ship is so far past the point of entry that the only hope is to crash through the rocks to the other side.

Must be an EE (Electrical Engineer): reference song, "Purdue EE Theme Song - Anon"

by e^(j * pi) = -1 November 18, 2003

engineer

A kick-ass uber-genius with godly math and science abilities, the training for wich being at the expence of those abilities for spelling and talking to members of the opposite sex.

"You know that you're an engineer if you can prove it mathematically"

by Douglas Weltman June 22, 2003

Afro Engineer

To put something together in a makeshift fashion.

See also: nigger rig and jerry rig

I managed to afro engineer that broken plane wing with a roll of duct tape.

by Timmah December 26, 2003

Engineering

n. A profession, usually taught in universities as a four-year program. It's far more rigorous than most other programs available to university students, with the benefit of near-guaranteed employment after graduation. Downsides include not being able to get laid and extreme social awkwardness.

Arts majors:

Look, isn't that one of those engineering students? Man, what a pathetic loser. We're so much cooler lolol.

Engineering student:

It's this "loser" here that'll be making 70 grand a year right after graduating. Enjoy your degree in Classical Literature suckers, it'll probably qualify you for flipping burgers.

by monosodium glutamate April 18, 2009