Someone who sucks at every other engineering, so they spend their life looking at parking lots and talking about cement. They are often mistaken for traffic cones. However they do like complaining about how hard their life is as an engineer. However, their course load is nothing like a true engineer. They are the bros of engineering.
Guy1: see him over there, hes a civil engineer. He does nothing all day but dreams of concrete.
Girl1: yeah he just mansplained what addition is to me. But then he did it wrong.
Girl1: yeah he just mansplained what addition is to me. But then he did it wrong.
by urban_dick_69 March 28, 2024

An *ultra boss-level nerd that can unlicense, break, and optionally repurpose software (and/or hardware) that other nerds made.
The nerdness level of the product creators shall not matter to the back engineer; it is considered pwnable by the back engineer, whether the soft/hardware in question was shipped by basic low-tier/mediocre nerds, or by their superior mega-nerds and the like - the back engineer will unpack and dissect it with as least effort as required, because efficiency.
The back engineer may enjoy the following (not necessarily in that order): writing better code than u and ur dad combined, shitty memes, repurposing products, occasionally making stuff crash, caffeine, and/or gaining unfair advantage while learning new curse words from other players online.
Since we know back engineers are better programmers than most qualified nerds, they are known to ship highly stable and robust shit that will may very likely wreck other nerds' life's, turning them very dark and miserable, if those happen to attempt to back engineer the already-back-engineered shit themselves.
* ultra-boss = the very final ranking a nerd could possibly achieve in a single lifespan
The nerdness level of the product creators shall not matter to the back engineer; it is considered pwnable by the back engineer, whether the soft/hardware in question was shipped by basic low-tier/mediocre nerds, or by their superior mega-nerds and the like - the back engineer will unpack and dissect it with as least effort as required, because efficiency.
The back engineer may enjoy the following (not necessarily in that order): writing better code than u and ur dad combined, shitty memes, repurposing products, occasionally making stuff crash, caffeine, and/or gaining unfair advantage while learning new curse words from other players online.
Since we know back engineers are better programmers than most qualified nerds, they are known to ship highly stable and robust shit that will may very likely wreck other nerds' life's, turning them very dark and miserable, if those happen to attempt to back engineer the already-back-engineered shit themselves.
* ultra-boss = the very final ranking a nerd could possibly achieve in a single lifespan
- We can't go sleep now, we got some back engineering work to do.
- So what if you don't publish the source? They will just back engineer it.
- f*ck this shit imma back engineer that ass
- So what if you don't publish the source? They will just back engineer it.
- f*ck this shit imma back engineer that ass
by inengineerswetrust May 8, 2024

The premise that 1) Anything can be fixed by hitting it with a hammer, and 2) If you cannot fix the problem, you do not have a big enough hammer.
See also: Percussive Maintenance, Harmonic Persuasion.
See also: Percussive Maintenance, Harmonic Persuasion.
"It's The First Law of Engineering, Leonidas,” Granadica sent. “If you can’t fix it, you’re not using a big enough hammer.”
-Granadica in The Hot Gate, book three of the Troy Rising series by John Ringo
-Granadica in The Hot Gate, book three of the Troy Rising series by John Ringo
by Western_Rambler November 5, 2020

A school located in Gosta Green, B7. It’s engineering based but it’s still shit innit. Kids think they’re bad but really aren’t. Fix up blud
Person 1: Oh I got a place at aston university engineering academy.
Person 2: That’s rah peak I heard the teachers shag the students uno.
Person 2: That’s rah peak I heard the teachers shag the students uno.
by AUEADefinitions February 5, 2020

by testicularbreath October 15, 2023

A way of saying corned beef and grits in bahamian dialect. A common breakfast dish sold all over The Bahamas. It is not uncommon for a cart with Fire Engine at 7-8am to be in a parking lot serving to people of all walks of life starting their day.
Mark:"can we get some Fire Engine and a patty before school?"
Marks Mom:"yes I could use some breakfast before work too"
Marks Mom:"yes I could use some breakfast before work too"
by Bahamian_242 October 28, 2021

(n) a circle-jerk of unprofessional and unethical geo-technical and structural engineers operating out of Kane'ohe Hawai'i. Incompetent individuals who are engaging in ambulance chasing, and executing it poorly. Synonymous with "scam" and "fraud".
by Jpb Engineering = losers January 24, 2021
