regular expression

A text string pattern matching mechanism. Usually applied to individual lines of text, such as from a simple text file, where the regular expression (sometimes abbreviated as RE) pattern can be used to precisely specify which lines ought to match and which shouldn't. The more complicated REs may look very confusing to people who don't know them, as they look more like a random string of letters and other characters without any obvious meaning.

Commonly they're enclosed between slashes (/like this/), because that's how they were used in many ancient Unix tools. They can also be used for text substitution, for example with the s/ construct. A common operator specifying that a RE will follow is the tilde (~).

The Perl language makes heavy use of regular expressions, and the grep tool also searches by REs. SED and AWK are some older tools also using REs.

REs come in two forms: Basic REs and Extended REs, varying slightly in syntax and possible contructs. Perl extens the Extended REs even further and has defined the standard "Perl Compatible REs" (PCRE).

"some example string" =~ /^s*.*e+.*(?:x.* )?.*?g$/
result: 1 (because the regular expression between the // matches the string)

by DJMoses May 27, 2009

Regula

A word that conjugates the very meaning of being friends with a group of people. The word has many uses and can be used in almost any situation. A close friend of yours, is a regula, and something that you usually do, for example raising it, is regula. Something that is uncool, unsound, or unsettling in any way, like terrible music, or a fat woman is not regula. Can also be accompanied by yont or ons. Yonts and ons are suffixes on words that are regula, or even your own name. May also be accompanied by 347, three fourty seven, prolly not, and 0, ZERO.

Trey Daddy: Hey Goodmon what up dag?
Goodmon: Ya know regula, raising it.
Trey Daddy: Well can I come oveyont?
Goodmon: Regula.
Trey Daddy: Uh prolly not.
Goodmon: I mean prolly 347.
Trey Daddy: 347? Prolly Zero.
Goodmon: Regula.

by Goodmon November 22, 2007

regula

In New England, a cup of coffee with sugar and cream already added.

Gimmie a regula to go.

by hojosapien October 16, 2006

regularly

usually used as commonly, or very often. Mostly hard to pronounce.

Say "regularly"

"regulalrly"

by WriterSimon July 24, 2018

Bifidus Regularis

Made up words that mean to shit right

She needed some bifidus regularis after doing Bad Santa.

by Danny Magnolia April 3, 2008

REJUVENOMICS

The science of anti-aging and life extension.

BOYFRIEND:"Your mom has aged quite gracefully."

GIRLFRIEND:"She re-married well.Between cosmetic surgery...spa
visits...and hormone therapies...her REJUVENOMICS
budget is somewhere around 8grand a month."

BOYFRIEND:"Makes me wanna go to med school."

by FLAT OUT FINE April 22, 2008

regular nobody

A population which is always the majority. Nothing special, not famous, not rich, not wealthy, not powerful, not a big shot, not a celebrity, not the president, never the leader but always a follower. Just a person that would believe anything they're told and accept the shittier jobs so the government can stay well above and beyond while your just a regular nothing worthless nobody piece of shit.

Most people (at least 99 percent of the population). People no one ever heard of or will ever hear of. Not a celebrity or anywhere near the center of attention, but someone who could barely get on the news if they shot themselves in the head in the middle of Times Square as a suicide just for recognition that he's worth anything at all. my father David is a regular nobody because no one knows him and no one gives a fuck about him or anything about him.

by tatomuck2 October 30, 2008