The action of getting ran into on a ski slope. Usually a result of a gaper taking slow, unpredictable turns that take up the entire mountain.
Dude that gaper made a turn out of nowhere and I clacked him!
Sorry I'm late, I almost clacked this gaper back there.
Sorry I'm late, I almost clacked this gaper back there.
by Reih April 25, 2008
Get the clacked mug.Technology so advanced in its effects and unexplained in its function that it may as well be magic. Often used by science-fiction fans and authors to refer to technology that's used as "magic in a non-magical setting".
"The reader doesn't need to know how it works, and they understand that the author isn't going to tell them how it works. That's unimportant to the story and would bog things down with irrelevant details... All that matters is that it works and it can do what the story needs."
The "Heisenberg compensators" that make Star Trek's Transporters possible are an example of clarketech, with Gene Roddenberry's answer for how they work being "Very well, thank you".
Taken from Arthur C. Clarke's third law: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic".
"The reader doesn't need to know how it works, and they understand that the author isn't going to tell them how it works. That's unimportant to the story and would bog things down with irrelevant details... All that matters is that it works and it can do what the story needs."
The "Heisenberg compensators" that make Star Trek's Transporters possible are an example of clarketech, with Gene Roddenberry's answer for how they work being "Very well, thank you".
Taken from Arthur C. Clarke's third law: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic".
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The part of your arse that makes a noise when you fart. Known to wear out in older people leading to them following through
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Get the clacker mug.word used to describe the art of scheming and being sneaky, even though the person seems sincere, they always have a hidden agenda or alternate motive behind their actions, mainly money or stealing to get more money. used to generally describe people that are on drugs, or really paranoid and not trustworthy, mostly tweekers and crackheads
Omar: "that lady's purse is just sitting there, unguarded dude!"
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