brown out

Something common in the summer during extremely hot days when many people are running high-drain devices such as air-conditioners.
"We had a brown out last summer because it was 98F out at night and everyone was running their AC"
by AJG May 24, 2004
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Simon had a brown out on his way to work and had to return home to change his pants.
by Scrufty September 09, 2005
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brown out

When the power doesn't go out, but it fades for a second and maybe blinks.
I had to unplug some appliances because I didn't want them to be damaged by a power surge after the brown out.
by xoxo May 24, 2004
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interestingly enough the Brown Out is an output pin on a Microcontroller chip that indicates when power to the system is failing. e.g. when your TV tells you that the batteries in your remote are low it is because the Brown Out has flagged up a warning and the remote has transmitted that warning signal on to the TV

oh and it sounds like poo. haha
"The Brown Out is at a logic 1"
by Dijital May 22, 2004
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Brown Out

When you get too drunk and poop your pants and don't remember.
Yeah, he must have had a Brown Out last night
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1. for the electricity to dim or fade

2. an instance of the electricity dimming or fading, a partial black out
I hate it when we get a brown out. flicccc
by The Return of Light Joker February 02, 2008
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