(n) an ancient cartographical scroll of parchment used in the olden days to find out where you are or how to get somewhere else. Popular with pirates, vikings and pompous british sailors.
(v) to use a paper map to find a place or directions to somewhere
(v) to use a paper map to find a place or directions to somewhere
Jerry: "Hey Mavis, do you recognise this place? Maybe I shouldn't have taken that last exit? ... Why are there so many cows?"
Mavis: "Oh, hang on a minute, darl. I'll put down my knitting and get out the map google."
Mavis: "Oh, hang on a minute, darl. I'll put down my knitting and get out the map google."
by dalb0z February 07, 2011
An item or scheme that rejects conventional wisdom, and utility along with it, as does Lewis Carroll's Bellman, whose map contains no markings whatsoever.
He wanted his guitar playing to be new and different, so he intentionally didn't learn any chords or scales. He just made a bellman's map of it.
by tigersblood July 09, 2009
Map control is a term often used in strategy games, where maintaining control over important parts of the map such as resources is necessary to win, having the map control is being the dominant one on the map.
I was playing some Starcraft but Joe had map control from the start so i ended up loosing because i ran out of resources.
by Rallehop March 05, 2016
1. The conversational equivalent to the phenomenon of coastline measurements* - getting so bogged down in the details of something that explaining it becomes impossible.
* The closer one looks at a coastline, the longer it gets.
2. Getting repeatedly lost/tangential while speaking and never completing a thought or idea. Often the result of being high.
* The closer one looks at a coastline, the longer it gets.
2. Getting repeatedly lost/tangential while speaking and never completing a thought or idea. Often the result of being high.
1.
Cedric: It was last Tuesday; no I think Wednesday morning at 11:30, well, 11:40; no it was Tuesday because I was wearing my blue shirt-
Bored Colleague: Cedric, you're mapping the coast. Shut up or just tell me what happened.
2.
Dude 1: So, have you thought about what I said last night?
Dude 2: Yeah, you spent 3 hours mapping the coast and I nearly died of boredom. I'm not getting high with you again.
Cedric: It was last Tuesday; no I think Wednesday morning at 11:30, well, 11:40; no it was Tuesday because I was wearing my blue shirt-
Bored Colleague: Cedric, you're mapping the coast. Shut up or just tell me what happened.
2.
Dude 1: So, have you thought about what I said last night?
Dude 2: Yeah, you spent 3 hours mapping the coast and I nearly died of boredom. I'm not getting high with you again.
by Short Circuit August 11, 2010
Phrase.
verb usuage;
To cut someone's skin a number of times with a knife. The wounds resemble lines on a map.
verb usuage;
To cut someone's skin a number of times with a knife. The wounds resemble lines on a map.
by Teddy Badass June 09, 2017
M22 manny on the map is what roadmen 12 year olds put as their caption on their Instagram pics.this indicates they listen to the grime artist bugzy malone and are complete queers who think their “solid”
by Fatnibbaschleep February 07, 2018
A Minor Attracted Person. A person who is attracted to those under 18. Someone who has just as valid sexual feelings as someone who is attracted to adults. A NoMAP is a non offending (or no touching) minor attracted person.
by MrNobody3000 June 08, 2022