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Rube Goldberg

An unlikely and absurdly designed machine intended to perform a simple function in the most complicated and indirect way. Named in honor of Reuben Lucius Goldberg (1883-1970), an engineer with the City of San Francisco Water and Sewers Department who became a Pulitzer-Prize winning cartoonist, sculptor and author. His long-running comic strip, "Inventions", displayed many such devices of his own design.
My Grandfather built his own fuel injector with a Rube Goldberg set-up made of old plumbing parts.
by Unidyne December 29, 2003
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galiber

a person with a huge log, stiff tree, a thick plant stem, a shaprened 10 HB pencil, brick stick
o man look at that galiber he has a big one!
by sumhotchick July 5, 2008
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glib

Showing little thought; marked by a lack of intellectual depth.
Matt. Matt, Matt, you don't even — you're glib. You don't even know what Ritalin is.
by Steve Proulx July 5, 2005
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Sam Golbach’s Nipples

sam’s nipples are at least nob existing. with the size of at 1/2 a centimeter, i’ve had mosquito bites larger than them. we love you sam! and your tiny nips
by sam’s nipples October 13, 2020
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Goldberg Website

n. A website that is deliberately designed to use too many computer resources to do a simple task, usually causing browser crashes and freezes.

Named after Rube Goldberg's "Goldberg Machines."
Man, my browser has spent most of its time locked up ever since YouTube became a Goldberg Website.
by The Ceej February 16, 2013
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Golic's Hammer

1. In any dispute between two people when the argument reaches the point of a stalemate it has reached Golic's hammer.

2. When two people are having a dispute the bigger and stronger person wins by default due to the fact that they will beat up the smaller person.
When the jock and the nerd were arguing over the answer to the math question it got to the point of Golic's hammer and the nerd subsided.
by USMC_COURET May 24, 2017
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Glibbering

An issue with a cord when it disconnections in certain positions.
It is irritating when my headset starts glibbering when I move.
by 1kballer November 14, 2019
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