Noun: a methodology of fixing or manufacturing something through unconventional means using only the (usually improper) tools and resources at hand. Also known as Ghetto rigging, nig rigging, jurry rigging, and ghettorisation. This particular variation was most likely inspired by the telivision program "Sanford and Son"
To get my car to start I had to use some duct tape and apply some afro engineering.
"Hey I made this hooka out of an old coffee can and some crap I found lying around in my house"
"Thats some real afro engineering you got going right there"
"Hey I made this hooka out of an old coffee can and some crap I found lying around in my house"
"Thats some real afro engineering you got going right there"
by Oni Ookami Alfador September 18, 2006
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Skipping all logical engineering methods and going straight to the "easy to implement solution"
Thinking that an "easy to implement" solution is in any way easy, or a solution.
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Skipping all logical engineering methods and going straight to the "easy to implement solution"
Thinking that an "easy to implement" solution is in any way easy, or a solution.
See nutstache
by Erik December 11, 2003
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Someone who takes the view that if its broken it should be fixed, if its not broken it needs to be taken apart to find out why, theoretically to make future designs not be broken, really to break it so they can fix it.
In general have advanced math and science skills, engineers solve practical problems and design things, not to be confused with scientists, who discover things, or workmen who make things.
The scientist discovers a new material and its properties, the engineer uses this to design a new building, the workman makes the building.
Often engineers have trouble socializing, this is because they speak and think in numbers, and have tendency to "mental multi-task" i.e. Halfway through a conversation they will devote half their brain to designing a better sort of person to talk to.
Whatever it says, if it doesn't have a degree, its not an engineer, its something that wants to feel important.
In general have advanced math and science skills, engineers solve practical problems and design things, not to be confused with scientists, who discover things, or workmen who make things.
The scientist discovers a new material and its properties, the engineer uses this to design a new building, the workman makes the building.
Often engineers have trouble socializing, this is because they speak and think in numbers, and have tendency to "mental multi-task" i.e. Halfway through a conversation they will devote half their brain to designing a better sort of person to talk to.
Whatever it says, if it doesn't have a degree, its not an engineer, its something that wants to feel important.
by Gambler'sDice July 8, 2007
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this person is highly under appreciated. when the show sounds great, everyone praises the band, when the show sounds bad, everyone blames the engineer.
this person is highly under appreciated. when the show sounds great, everyone praises the band, when the show sounds bad, everyone blames the engineer.
person one: wow that show sounded great!
person two: yeah, lets applaud the band, but did you hear the opening act? they sucked!
person one: oh, no they are good, it was just the foh engineers fault.
person two: yeah, lets applaud the band, but did you hear the opening act? they sucked!
person one: oh, no they are good, it was just the foh engineers fault.
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Get the registered engineer mug.When you were 18, the university recruiters told you chemical engineering had "so much variety" and "so many opportunities!" Now, you're graduating 4 years later and have realized that your only two options include oil refining (making gasoline from crude oil) and plastics (making polyethylene from ethylene).
This is probably okay, because whatever you suffer in breathing in toluene all day wearing dark coverall FRC's in 95°F weather, you'll make up for with a 6-digit salary right out of school. You also find yourself with a strangely intimate understanding of how everything around you works, like swimming pools, HVAC, cars, plumbing... everything.
This is probably okay, because whatever you suffer in breathing in toluene all day wearing dark coverall FRC's in 95°F weather, you'll make up for with a 6-digit salary right out of school. You also find yourself with a strangely intimate understanding of how everything around you works, like swimming pools, HVAC, cars, plumbing... everything.
Snooty grad-school materials researcher: "So what are you doing after you graduate?"
You: "I'll be working for a (Exxon/Valero/TOTAL/Phillips66/Shell/Citgo/Lyondell/BP) refinery."
SNGSMR: "Oh, so you're *just* a chemical process engineer?"
You: *grabbing another beer, talking to someone else, driving home in your brand new car...*
You: "I'll be working for a (Exxon/Valero/TOTAL/Phillips66/Shell/Citgo/Lyondell/BP) refinery."
SNGSMR: "Oh, so you're *just* a chemical process engineer?"
You: *grabbing another beer, talking to someone else, driving home in your brand new car...*
by AIChE September 5, 2016
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Jimmy: Hey David, do you think I should ask Bob for some help with implementing multithreading?
David: Nah, Bob's a stack overflow engineer. Better to just Google it yourself.
David: Nah, Bob's a stack overflow engineer. Better to just Google it yourself.
by xyzteaparty October 31, 2019
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