distance distortion factor

Phenomenon that occurs when seeing a person from a great distance. At such great distances the person has the potential for being attractive, but upon closer inspection is plain haggard. AKA "DDF".
Synonymous with "Fifty Yard Fakeout" and "Good from far but far from good".

"Hey Mike check out that blonde chick up there."
After passing without talking to her, "Wow that was a serious Distance Distortion Factor".

by KamelJockey2001 February 23, 2008

THO (Factor)

Short for Titty Hard On. When a female's nipple is erect an visible through layers of clothing due to cold, windy conditions

THO Factor: buffalo slang for wind chil

Man, teh THO factor is below zeoo out, I'm freezin
Must be cold out, that girl over there has a major THO

by Tech Geek September 7, 2004

Fling Factor

A measurement of how interesting or boring something is - usually a conference or training. It comes from the desire to fling oneself on the floor from boredom. A high fling factor or High FF is when something is so tedious and boring that one not only feels that one will fling oneself on the floor, but that one is within moments of doing so.

Within an hour of attending the training, Kathy determined the conference had a high fling factor.

by mishymc December 7, 2009

oh fuck factor

When something goes your way but you become nervous about it anyway, you may say "oh fuck" a lot.

Even though Ashley agreed to go to the dance with me I started getting the oh fuck factor and became nervous that I might embarrass myself.

by Bronson Myers January 2, 2006

shock factor

The subjective measure of the psychological "impact" of any given event.

Those involved the plotting of the 9/11 attacks were attempting to maximize the shock factor.

by Guido1 March 28, 2008

The X Factor

Supposedly a singing contest, yet instead one huge joke. All it is is an unfair competition in which a young, good-looking yet naive wannabe-famous boy or girl is chosen to be the next one hit wonder popstar to generate money for Simon Cowell. The winner is usually forgotten about after a few months, becoming only background noise in the music industry, but that doesn't matter to Simon, as he does it every year. The shows are heavily decorated and the drama is over exaggerated, making it even less about the singing, and to make matters worse the judges are always people that don't actually know much about music or singing. Plus the performances are usually enhanced with pre-recorded backing vocals. And no, your votes don't count, Simon chooses who goes through and who doesn't. It's a shame how music is about money nowadays, and not emotion and expression, and The X Factor is only making it worse.

Fuck Simon Cowell and The X Factor.

by absoluteloadofbollocks December 27, 2010

Pucker Factor

The act of your sphincter grabbing some of the seat underneath you as you narrowly escape a dire situation (i.e. an emergency procedure, enemy fire, RPGs, SAM missiles.) while flying a helicopter for the U.S. Army.

My pucker factor was on level 10 when I experienced enemy fire and lost power to my engines. We autorotated and made it safely to the ground. But dang, i still got some of that seat in my butt.

by AViatorQ March 4, 2010