Exotic Materials at Ambient Temperature and Pressure

Materials that shouldn't exist under normal conditions but somehow do—room-temperature superconductors, stable metallic hydrogen, transparent aluminum, and other substances that would revolutionize everything if they could actually be made. The phrase is scientific shorthand for "things we've theoretically predicted but cannot practically produce," or more cynically, "grant proposals that will be funded for another decade." Exotic materials at ambient temperature and pressure would enable lossless power transmission, hovering vehicles, unbreakable everything, and a permanent place in the Nobel Prize committee's heart. Their absence from your daily life is a reminder that nature doesn't give up its secrets easily, and that "theoretically possible" is not the same as "actually feasible."

Example: "The researcher announced a breakthrough in room-temperature superconductors—exotic materials at ambient temperature and pressure that would transform the world. The stock of every energy company fluctuated wildly. Then the results couldn't be replicated. Then the researcher retired. Then someone else tried and failed. The exotic materials remained exotic—beautiful in theory, absent in practice."

by Dumu The Void February 16, 2026

Escala de Temperley

Escala basada en la relevancia de Temperley, provincia de Buenos Aires, refiere a la metáfora de "Gran pez en pueblo chico". Es un insulto velado.

Esa comida es un 2 en escala de Temperley.

by magtec February 23, 2026

Check your temperature

To check what someone's on if they're acting different/moving different.

"Bro shut the fuck up foe I slap you word to my mother."
"Bro let me check your temperature see you aren't on shit"

by W00413 September 30, 2025

your iq is as high as the room temperature

your iq is as high as the room temperature is if a bully that has a bit of smart in his brain would say, but you are smarter and u use Kelvin B)

Bully:Your IQ is as high as the room temperature.
You:I use Kelvin
Bully: >:o
other kids: :o
Geography teacher: *gives you 59473487 amounts of A+*

by battle cats fan real November 21, 2022

Temporary Tattoo

A plastic transfer from a piece of thick paper or thin cardboard, applied by putting the side with the plastic on the skin and applying a wet cloth to the other side.
kid 1: Hey, look at this awesome Superman temporary tattoo!
kid 2: Sweet, it looks just like a real tattoo, but it'll come off in a few days!

kid 1: Hey, look at this awesome Superman temporary tattoo!
kid 2: Sweet, it looks just like a real tattoo, but it'll come off in a few days!

by rhauiac January 10, 2009

Tempraplegic

Tempraplegic – adjective noun – tém pre pleé jik

The word is derived from “Temporal” – related to measured time, and “Plegia” – inability to move.

This is a condition that is becoming more pronounced in office workers. It affects eyesight, hearing and motor functions. The condition is temporal, in that it manifests itself at 8:00 AM and completely disappears at 4:59 PM. It is also known to go away during breaks.

Symptoms:

1. Person becomes totally unaware of anything beyond their cubicle or computer screen
2. Person exhibits an inability to move outside their “area” because their legs actually become very short, hence “plegia”. The shortening of the legs also allows the person to…..
3. Cover their ass, while still having their head buried in the sand
4. Communication check valves come into play, whereby incoming phone calls and emails are ignored.
5. In some cases, audio input failure occurs because ear canals are blocked by headphones or boom boxes blasting over +95 db.
6. Vocabulary becomes limited to phrases like, “That’s the ___________ department’s problem.”
7. Person lends absolutely no credence to input from experienced outside sources, but requests “more input”.
8. Person has overwhelming urge to call for and attend meetings to discuss and ignore input mentioned in item 7.

"After a heavy lunch, Bill becomes tempraplegic."

by Whole9Yards April 26, 2008

Tempenture

The degree measure of the environment in the penitentiary.

"Yo man, what be da tempenture in yo cell fool?"

by H-cat and P-dog April 21, 2009