unobtainium

Word originated around Sport Car Racing in the North Texas area in the mid '70s. We referred to "cheater" sport car motors as having unobtainium parts that the average person could not get, but I like the way it is used in #1.

When the Porsche blew the transaxle, there was unobtainium all over the track.

by Bill Stafford May 17, 2006

Unobtainium

James Cameron's autograph

James Cameron only gives his Unobtainium for fan money.

by Skyloop December 26, 2009

Unobtainium

A substance that can be melted down into liquid and used as a fuel, weaponized, or used for more than any resource on earth. Many people would have a financial interest in it if it could be found, since having it would be a lot like having control of gold, oil, and nuclear weapons all in one substance.

Once humans found the unobtainium on Pandora, people living in Pandora neighborhoods started selling their houses cheap. Blue people called humans speciesist/human racist in the later additions/sequels to avatar when a planet wide war broke out at the same time as a planet wide famine, plaque, and natural disasters on Pandora. Humans started asking other humans for donations to support their organizations for saving Pandorian food, children, elderly persecuted, and animal life. There was also cheap Pandorian real estate available for humans who wanted to own property in another planet.

by Solid Mantis May 30, 2019

Unobtanium

30 series GPUs in April 2021

"Did you get a new GPU?"
"No, scalpers took them all. They're practically considered unobtanium at this point"

by RedForkKnife April 21, 2021

UnObtanium

Something which is completely unobtainable or extremely rare.

You may never ever get this, this is unobtanium

by 0eA December 22, 2014

Unobtainium

This crazy rock-like substance that is "hard to get" without shedding a lot of blue blood (but not Blue-Blood) used in the movie Avitar to make smart, thinking people perseverate on this STUPID word for the entire film.

Can you believe those morons who wrote/directed such a creative film were unable to come up with a better word than "unobtainium?" Who came up with this, are they still finding work writing? Are they kicking themselves? What happened to words like kryptonite?

by The Fig February 1, 2010

Unobtainium

Referring to a person, place or thing that will never happen.

"He took her out to dinner three times, but she turned out to be unobtainium."

by MontanaBlueDog December 18, 2009