Calibrations

Either an activity that must be done constantly, or something you bring up when you want to subtly tell someone to go fuck themselves.

Shepard: "Hey Garrus, got a minute?"
Garrus: "Can it wait for a bit? I'm in the middle of some calibrations."

by the goat daemon July 10, 2010

calibrate

phrase a criticism in a way that keeps you out of trouble

President Obama wishes he had "calibrated" his criticism of the Cambridge Police Department, so that he hadn't come under so much heat for the way he phrased it originally.

by MalibuGA July 27, 2009

CALIBARRIO

21st century term used to describe California because of the mass invasion by Mexican illegals.

California was the place to be back in the day, now its full of trash, stolen shopping carts, strollers, and taquerias. It's time to get out of Calibarrio and move to Airzona.

by redwhiteandblue22 May 7, 2010

Caliborn

Caliborn, from the webcomic Homestuck (also known by his chathandle undyingUmbrage), is a male cherub with cherry red blood from a dead session of the game who shares a body with Calliope. He was confirmed to be the young Lord English. His sign is ophiuchus(⛎).

In other words, Caliborn is a twat.

by peanutbuttereggwaffle November 11, 2019

calibration

1. The proccess of data acquisition (obtained by comparison against standards) able to anticipate the behavior of someting.
2. The data so obtained.
3. The final report or documentation showing such data.
4. The stage in which someting is regarding the level of its calibration knoledge.

Adjustment is not calibration. When we adjust something we change its behavior (usually to move it closer to standards aiming a better performance); when we calibrate we just understand its behavior so that we can compensate or even adjust it.

by Arturo Cortijo March 11, 2008

Calibri-ing

When using a newer version of Microsoft Word, your font randomly changes back to the default Calibri style. This is often a minor annoyance when writing papers that require the Times New Roman font style, and many people wish Times was still the preset font for Word.

John: "There we go, almost done... Now to write my conc... What the fuck!? Why are you Calibri-ing Word?! Now I have to change this stupid shit!"

Mike: "Dude, it's the default font, just accept it!"

John: "NEVER!!!"

by Crunk All Day September 28, 2011

impact calibration

The technical terminology for hitting any sort of electronic device to get it to work properly; a solid and punctuated smack or slap.

"Theo noticed the screen on his iPad was slightly scrambled so he quickly implemented the impact calibration principle to the edge of the device. One good smack and the screen was clear as the blue sky on a summer's day.

by MCBassGuitar May 18, 2016