A Royal Navy rating's hat. A term exclusively used by the pupils of the Royal Hospital School, Holbrook, Suffolk, where they wear naval uniform for ceremonial purposes.
The origin of the word is unknown and seems to have come into use in the 1960s. It may be a corruption of 'gibby' an earlier word used by the school for the same attire.
A pointless conversation for which you are stuck on the phone for extended periods of time, while you may occasionally leave and come back to find the individual is still talking.
"I had a three hour long Gidge conversation with Melissa last night. After the first hour about hearing about how great China is i wanted to kill myself"
defeated an opponent in a way that's just embarrassing. Shaq used to describe besting opponents, such as Manute Bol, as "giggin' on 'em" during his rap career.
How was your soccer match?
We were tied at one goal a piece until about the fiftieth minute, and then we gigged on 'em, and won, like, five-one.
A transportation concept or implementation that is touted as futuristic or innovative, but in execution turns out to be more expensive and less feasible than traditional means, outweighing their usefulness. Examples include but are not limited to Monorails (most often cited example) Personal Rapid Transit, Maglev, etc, versus traditional means generally referring to rail, subway, and road infrastructure
The term generally carries a negative connotation, in that the solutions may be seen as an expensive 'white elephant' in the truest sense: more difficult and more expensive to maintain and add to without any perceived benefit other than looking cool
References:
Wiktionary, gadgetbahn
Wikipedia, White Elephant disambiguation
Walt Disney World can't afford to expand their monorail, it costs a million dollars a mile for new track, and with the money it would take to expand that gadgetbahn they could buy a whole fleet of buses that fit their existing needs
When a villain is defeated, but not captured/killed, and subsequently escapes. Named after Doctor Claw's phrase whenever he was beaten by Inspector Gadget: "Next time, Gadget! Next time!"
To engage in sexual behavior with a piece of technology. Especially one that isn't naturally made for sexual activities.
Ex.1) Joe just plays warcraft with the Xbox
controller vibration on his nuts. That gadget kink is ill. Ex.2) The 2011 gadget kink Expo booth of
the year: the iPoo.. available in USB or wifi... and for the ladies, the iBone basically a vibrator, but from the apple company which only means that it costs a fuckload of money!!!!!! Get yours today!!!!!!!