1. This maneuver is the act of a person who leaves the computer, especially during a serious situation or where that person may be needed, without announcement of 'brb' or any warning that he or she is departing for a lengthy period of time.
2. An engrossing conversation is transpiring and the person is engaged in the debate but then after minutes pass by and people are waiting on his response, there's no signs of life and methods show the person has been away from the keyboard for some time or doing something else while others wait. Several minutes to hours later, the person who has performed the Emmerich Maneuver will often type in 'back' as if to say he had declared all along he was gone.
Verb: Emmerich, Emmeriching
Noun: Emmerich Maneuver, Emmeriching
Past Tense: Emmeriched
Antonym: Actually using 'afk', 'brb', 'bbiaf'
<Sephiroth> Did Hal pull an emmerich maneuver again?
<Larxene> I think he emmeriched about 3 hours ago
"I think hal is about to emmerich."
<Larxene> I think he emmeriched about 3 hours ago
"I think hal is about to emmerich."
by Pollyester July 19, 2007
by Jackson Coffee August 23, 2017
(n) A technique where one decides not to cheat on his or her significant other by feigning an oncoming outbreak of diarrhea. The Imodium Maneuver allows one to save face and remain loyal to his or her significant other without insulting the other party or parties.
Pat was in a hot tub full of strippers and totally wanted to cheat, but then he used the Imodium Maneuver. The girls weren't insulted and he excused himself - everything was cool.
by ColbertEagle November 03, 2010
a critical error in driving in which the instructor may mark you on literally anything -- failure to look at blindspot, not signaling, and such.
Boy: Mom, I got DQ'd for making a dangerous maneuver.
Mom: What for?
Boy: For not looking at my blindspot early/late enough, though I did look at it.
Mom: That's outrageous! That means the instructors can mark you on that at anytime be it early or late.
Mom: What for?
Boy: For not looking at my blindspot early/late enough, though I did look at it.
Mom: That's outrageous! That means the instructors can mark you on that at anytime be it early or late.
by daboyyy July 21, 2011
Malcom had to go the hospital last night as a result of an injury sustained during a Hoover Maneuver.
by Grimacci June 01, 2013
Maneuver invented by horny BYU students to get weak-minded girls to engage in sex by taking them to Vegas and getting married on Friday night, then annulled on Sunday before heading home. During the brief marriage, everything goes!
Chad: Dude, my girl is holding out on me, plus I gotta stay in graces with the Honor Code!
Joey: What u gonna do?
Chad: Looks like I'm gonna have to pull the Vegas Maneuver. Everything that happens there...
Joey: What u gonna do?
Chad: Looks like I'm gonna have to pull the Vegas Maneuver. Everything that happens there...
by MattTisADouche January 03, 2023
Han and Luke used the Chewbacca Maneuver on the Death Star in Star Wars Episode IV to get past the stormtroopers.
by Cynical Optimist 1991 May 15, 2015