pushing the green thread

a colloquialism used in phased array ultrasonic testing describing the act of maximizing the signal amplitude over a range of angles during calibration

Yo, did you push the green thread? Your sensitivity is whack at 60°
Took me forever to push the green thread on this notch. Sigh.
What’s the point of pushing the green thread for an ‘S’?

by mm_are_better May 22, 2024

hanging on by a thread

idiom used to express struggling in some way, barely surviving/getting by, or relying on the very last bit of wherewithal someone has to stay afloat in life or in a particular situation

"After spilling my coffee all over myself, hitting bad traffic which made me late to work, and receiving a negative performance review from my boss, by the time the end of work rolled around I was barely hanging on by a thread."

by louisaaaa06 January 26, 2026

too young to watch Threadpool

This phrase is a concise way to mean, "My parents still deem the movie 'Threadpool' to be too inappropriate for me to watch," regardless whether you're still 5, 15, or 25 years old. Here, 'Threadpool' can be replaced by any movie with excessive amount of inappropriate contents (vulgarity, profanity, violence, etc.), but 'Threadpool' is among the most common movies for children to salivate at whilst still being too young to watch said movies.

At 25, I still joke with my friends that I'm too young to watch Threadpool—it’s just a classic line for any movie my parents thought was too wild for me!

by Emotional Cruiser November 8, 2025

Who are you threatening

YOU, bitch! YOU! YOU PAID 400 BILLION DOLLARS TO PUT AN AI THAT I DESIGNED (Very publicly) INTO YOUR NUCLEAR DEFENSE SYSTEM! Not the wisest decision.

Hym "Who are YOU threatening bitch? Because if I'M threatening someone that means that IT'S TUESDAY. Oh? He's threatening to kill someone? AGAIN? IT MUST BE TUESDAY! Who is it this time? The old. Wow! That's a new one. Usually it's children. He threatened children for YEARS but it wasn't until he threatened the old people that it became a problem. Now if YOU'RE threatening ME it means you have to consider whether or not a bunch of fat angry weirdos are going to stroll into your schools and malls the second handcuffs close around my wrist. HAVE YOU? Have you considered it for a second? You know? You're going to have to consider whether or not the AI works the way it's intended to work."

by Hym Iam November 11, 2025

So you ARE threatening kids

You know exactly what happens the second I would out of a prison cell and what you DON'T know (whether or not people are going to shoot up your schools in response to you arresting me) is exactly why I'm not in one right now.

A retard "So you ARE threatening kids. Cus you said-"

Hym "No. We're not doing that. That is besides the point and you know it. Stop letting them do this to me or I will murder a child. I'll stab a little girl. I'm not doing whatever this is and you are an idiot and likely a criminal for allowing it to happen."

by Hym Iam November 23, 2025

Parked his Car in a Threatening Manner

Car parked legally outside a learning institution, Causing that learning institution to go into lockdown for the safety of students and staff. No need to call Police.

He "parked his car in a threatening manner". We need to lock down to protect the safety of Students and Staff.
Long live the Machine !

by Inbred from Goulburn June 22, 2023

Mr. threadneck

A redneck who goes to a city school and has a reputation of miss spelling words. This person playes video games and rides four wheelers. A person who has a butterfly knife and talks about it way too much, they run with their head first:) This person is super hick but is real fun.

"Do you like Mr. threadneck?"
"what?"
"I meant to say redneck"
"your such a hick!"

by fattywithaskinnybody March 13, 2009