A path not for the faint of heart. Not only will you get constantly shafted by your classes, but god forbid you get a professor or TA that grades your homework without being lenient, which happens to be the case. On the plus side, it'll be easy to find engineering opportunities and related-club, solely out of the experience of surviving hell with other poor souls.
Person 1: "I heard John had three panic attacks in a given week."

Person 2: "Welcome to Engineering."
by senthurmanz February 22, 2018
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A guy who finds a way to make stuff. Like this computer, your car, that nuclear missle silo next door...
It doesn't always work. But it's pretty damn funny!
Trust me, I'm an engineer! I think we'll put this thing right here.
Trust me, I'm an engineer! What the fuck just happened here?
Trust me, I'm an engineer! With epic skill and epic gear!
Trust me, I'm an engineer! Oh shit I think I'm outta here!
by CADPATRICK February 19, 2018
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Person with extreme mathematical, scientific and technological knowledge. Often beleive that they have "real" lives, which usually do not extend much further than endless plot dicussion with fellow engineers about movies such as "The Matrix" (C)...
They usually tend to have extreme problems when attempting to communicate with the opposite sex.
Doctor: Your son has the knack ma'am
Mother: The knack?
Doctor: The knack, the supreme understanding of all things electrical and mechanical, along with other social ineptitude...
Mother: Will he ever live a normal life?
Doctor: No, he will be an Engineer
Mother: //Breaks down crying
by pro-nun-see-A-shun September 18, 2003
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thing that makes things go. like a heart, except it's gas based instead of blood.
Little Rice Burner: What's that noise?
American guy: That's the engine.
by mephisto June 3, 2003
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Engineers make things work, even if they don't know much about it.
Da Vinci was the first scientist to study materials. Think of all the grand engineering from before that time.
by AMax October 26, 2007
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An accredited psychopath. Psychopathic tendencies are not usely inherent, but emerge after the proto-engineer (see: student) has been run through courses like statics, thermodynamics, and circuits.
The difference between a psychopath and an engineer is that one has a degree.
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When your brain activity hits anything between one and zero due to much illegal substince consum.
I was to „engin“ to go to school tomorow
I think i am going „engin“ right now
by Shoreassel April 24, 2020
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