orphan source

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 glubglubglubglub March 13, 2025

Orphan

A person with no parents

The orphan was adopted by a rich Couple

by 459395 June 1, 2023

Orphan Emily

Emily whom got left for 52 minutes on the side of the road because she was forgotten by her grandparents. Please pray for her and her little orphan life 🏡❌

Person one: your parents are late?
Person two: yea :(
Person one : you are such a orphan Emily

by Beau-is-cool June 7, 2023

Orphan Tears

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.

Instead of drinking imported beers, somebody brought a bottle of Orphan Tears

by Spaziergang entlang der Donau June 21, 2023

Lil orphan a hole

A name Ocean O'Connell Rosenberg was called in the musical "Ride The Cyclone" by Mischa Bachinski.

"Well why don't you text your fiancee?:

"I told you there is no Wi-Fi, lil orphan a hole..."

by anonymous July 17, 2024

Orphan livers

When someone is very drunk or high, or otherwise affected in a way that makes them excitable or inebriated

"where's John?"
"Oh he won't be here, he was on the orphan livers again last night"
"And he didn't share?"

by The lemoner April 14, 2025

Orphan Turntable

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.”

by MouthfulOfMortein February 26, 2024