Engineer's syndrome

A tendency for some engineers to believe that they can solve complex problems in unrelated fields (economics, philosophy, etc) by applying typical engineering strategies (mathematical modeling, etc) despite lacking domain knowledge in the field.

"The volatility of financial markets can be minimized by using control theory to model the market as a second-order system."
"That's just your engineer's syndrome talking."

by Honkwicher April 5, 2021

Clout Engineer

Someone who has completely mastered the art of gaining clout for their own personal financial or personal gain.

"Kylie Jenner Is Definitely A Clout Engineer"

by Brandon Packard October 7, 2019

enpingado

bien bravo; enojado.

very mad; angry, pissed off.

Estoy bien enpingado con tus tonterias.

by papagordo October 11, 2007

natural ending

When your show has reached the climax of it's first chapter and is starting to get REAL GOOD but is cut off by the network. Not to be confused with "actual end," which is the real end of a story.

Boy: Wait - so are they alive or dead?!

Girl: We'll never know. HBO let the story come to a natural end.

by VKX May 15, 2005

rotary engine

To correct all of those that don't know, the rotary engine is an engine that was thought of by Dr. Felix Wankel when he was 17 and he made the first prototype of this type of engine, but sadly never perfected it (he never got rid of the chatter marks). Once Mazda got a hold of it and started working on it they perfected the engine, getting rid of the chatter marks and adding a second rotor because at low rpms a single rotor became erratic and had torque fluctuations. Also, the rotor is not shaped like a dorito, it's closer to one of those old 3d doritos (if you remember those) because it is an equilateral triangle with exploded sides.

You should do some research before claiming you know about the rotary engine.

by snoopay700 February 3, 2007

Engineer gaming

Engineer gaming: it means that the engineer in question, is in fact, gaming.

That engineer over there is an engineer gaming.

by engineer gaming 45 October 4, 2020

Mastering Engineering

A program that allows students to do assignments online. It is designed to make the life of engineering students suck more than it already does.

Student A: Hey did you do mastering engineering?
Student B: Yeah, here's my answer.
Student A: Hey it won't accept the same answer!
Student B: Our numbers are different! DAMMIT!!
Student C: Try taking a ratio of your numbers and her answer...
*ponder for a while*
Student B: Okay plug that in...
Student A: Time ran out! ARGH!!

by HaruhiSuzuki November 30, 2010