reticulating splines

Nonsense technobabble used in a production context.

Reticulating splines started off as an in-joke at Maxis and grew to fame with the widespread popularity of The Sims. While it does have a "real" meaning, this definition isn't actually correct in the context of its use. It's really a programming joke.

Reticulating splines is essentially filler. Don't want to describe what's holding up the program? It's reticulating splines. Why isn't the Internet working? The splines aren't reticulated. Heck, don't want to explain your calculus assignment? We're reticulating splines this week.

See also processor gremlins for the computer hardware equivalent.

Sorry the video took so long to upload. Reticulating splines took hours!

by ndm13 April 21, 2015

regifting

the act of taking a gift received from a friend and giving it to another friend as if you had actually purchased it for them

Friend 1: Wow, that mixer is bigger and better than yours!

Friend 2: You're right, I'm keeping this one. I'm regifting the old one. Who's birthday is coming up?

by mrbsounds February 4, 2010

Reticent

A demeanor by which the individual does not readily display their thoughts or feelings. This individual may make an excellent undercover government operative or ninja.

His reticent demeanor made him extremely difficult to read.

by Mizuno007 June 1, 2012

sudbury retirement fund

a collection of returnable empty beer bottles.

"holy shit walt.. you must have 100 cases of empties in the garage.. why don't you return them?"

"no way... that's my sudbury retirement fund"

by jimmy the douchebag June 19, 2009

Retire Bitch

what you say to someone well known who says or does something awful

Became popular thanks to a danny devito tweet that said “antonin scalia retire bitch”

“Al Franken has been accused of sexual assault”
“Al Franken Retire Bitch”

by HeIIYes December 6, 2017

Regift

To give a gift that you have received to someone else.

She's a regifter!

by Genku July 29, 2003

retired-on-the-job

Employees who just manage to show up, do the bare minimum, take long lunch breaks, disappear for hours, offer little or no ideas and are the first ones out the door.

Joe just comes in to monitor emails and read the internet. Man he is retired-on-the-job.

by Super Dave77 September 19, 2013