A vinyl record player originally sold with an integrated Hi-Fi system, that has since become separated from said system and is thus unusable due to proprietary connectors and the lack of an audio amplifier.
Person A: “I brought this record player from a thrift store, but when I tried to use it I noticed it only has weird connectors I’ve never seen before.”
Person B: “That’s an orphan turntable. Don’t waste any more time or money getting it to work.”
Person B: “That’s an orphan turntable. Don’t waste any more time or money getting it to work.”
by MouthfulOfMortein February 26, 2024
Get the Orphan Turntablemug. A term sometimes used humorously or creatively as a name for a fictional cocktail. In popular culture, "Orphan tears" may refer to a made-up drink with a whimsical or dark connotation.
by Spaziergang entlang der Donau June 21, 2023
Get the Orphan Tearsmug. The term given to any instrument, vessel or dial containing radioactive material that belongs to scientific, industrial, commercial, domestic or medical equipment.
An example of an orphan source would be the chamber containing the radioactive source inside a smoke detector that became separate from the rest of the detector. Loads of incidents where people discovering orphan sources have happened, such as 3 men in a snowy Georgian forest finding two large metal cylinders that were emitting heat and had melted the snow around them. The men decided to use them to stay warm not knowing what they were and suffered radiation poisoning.
by Apple=Airbus, Samsung = Boeing March 13, 2025
Get the orphan sourcemug. The rarely disciplined child that a single mom brings into her marriage with a betabux provider.
Usually, the product of a one-night stand or short-term fling with an alpha male who isn't in the kid's life.
Alpha Orphans are frequently mentioned in their mother's online dating profile along with the statement "My kid(s) come first".
Usually, the product of a one-night stand or short-term fling with an alpha male who isn't in the kid's life.
Alpha Orphans are frequently mentioned in their mother's online dating profile along with the statement "My kid(s) come first".
Example 1
Keith: Dude, I was interested until I saw "Proud mom" in her profile.
Wesley: Damn... Alpha Orphans.
Example 2
Husband: Honey, we've been married 4 years now. Can we have a kid now?
Wife: No! I already have two alpha orphans.
Keith: Dude, I was interested until I saw "Proud mom" in her profile.
Wesley: Damn... Alpha Orphans.
Example 2
Husband: Honey, we've been married 4 years now. Can we have a kid now?
Wife: No! I already have two alpha orphans.
by GraveHeretic June 11, 2020
Get the Alpha Orphanmug. Dude, I just left a steamy mud orphan on old lady Johnson's front porch.
During the adventure race I fathered a mud orphan in the woods.
During the adventure race I fathered a mud orphan in the woods.
by Jonas1 November 27, 2007
Get the mud orphanmug. 1. Orphan Ring is an orphaned fried good or goods, consummated amongst other unassorted fried dishes.
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2. An Orphans ring.
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2. An Orphans ring.
1. I ordered French Fries and received a lucky Orphan Ring at the bottom!
2. Sweet! Barnacles from a deep fryer yielded me Orphan Rings on my Blooming Onion.
2. Sweet! Barnacles from a deep fryer yielded me Orphan Rings on my Blooming Onion.
by SOLARMOON May 7, 2017
Get the orphan ringmug. KICK THE ORPHANS SELL THEM TO TECHNOBLADE FOR THE BLOOD
(Warning orphans may leave to obsession over killing orphans for your whole life )
(Warning orphans may leave to obsession over killing orphans for your whole life )
by Monsterbean0223<3 July 4, 2021
Get the Orphansmug.