Hestimate

To (very) hesitantly - nervously and not certain - guess or calculate the cost, size, value, etc. of something.

"I ehhr hestimate it was something like - I don't know - twenty? Thousand? Or ten thousand years ago."

by Lalas1972 February 15, 2017

Estimated Time of Bitching

When you make your girl angry wait for all hell to break loose

Tristan: Man, I made her mad
Michael: What's the Estimated Time of Bitching? (ETB)
Tristan: I'd say about 5 seconds

by Tha Gort June 18, 2017

bestipatanian

the best at one type of thing

I'm the bestipatanian of reading

by the theorising geek February 15, 2018

Anal estimate

When you give an estimate and pull the numbers from your ass.

The mechanic had no idea what the problem was so he gave me an anal estimate.

by moreaveragethanmost March 17, 2020

Pre-Estimate Meeting

An extremely valuable meeting with all of the best minds at the table to ensure all the right specifications and customer requirements are in place so that we can estimate and price the work effectively in order to win the work. (For the sake of efficiency - these meetings should be held after the structural designs have either been approved or we are 92% sure that the design will be approved)

This morning we went to the pre-estimate meeting after the structural design had been approved! It was so fun and there was a lot of amazing information gathered!

by TJBoissinot February 24, 2022

intentional false estimate

A charge that is not yet a criminal offense, but should be. Deliberately mis-stating how long something will take, how much it will cost, or how difficult it will be.

Originated by Larry Miller and Colonel Jeff Fox.

Tim: It's real close, an easy 5-10 minutes hike.
David (after a 30 minute hike straight up the side of a mountain): That wasn't 10 minutes!
Tim: I knew if I told you the truth, you wouldn't do it.
David: That's an intentional false estimate. You should be in jail, asshole.

Her: We just have to stop in at the party and say "hi". 30 minutes tops.
Him (2 hours later): 30 minutes!? 30 minutes?! Intentional false estimate!
Her: Just like, "the game will be over in 5 minutes?"

by Evadgib December 15, 2011

estimate deficit

not being able to guess, afraid to come up with a hunch, not willing to use a ballpark guesstimate, afraid to give a viewpoint in case it's not the perfect one, being uncomfortable with tentativeness.

A: How far is it to LA do you think?
B: I have no idea.
A: But what would you say?
B: I haven't a clue.
A: Would it be one mile?
B. I wouldn't know.
A: How about 20 light years.
B. Gee, there's no way of even imagining how far it is.

Individual B would have ED---estimate deficit

by California Gibb February 23, 2011