National Engineering Teacher Day

NETD is celebrated every December 9, dating back to 1926 when Engineer Hugh Jass Jr. wanted to celebrate his father’s accomplishments in the field.

Every December 9th, the engineering world celebrates National Engineering Teacher Day.

by U.S. Engineering Association December 8, 2020

Avocado Engineer

Software or technology engineers that deploy changes without governance or change management; usually causing chaos for end users

The changes were deployed by an avocado engineer, our end users don't know where to click

by dubzziez April 23, 2021

security engineer

Someone who does precision guesswork based on unreliable data provided by those of questionable knowledge.

See also: Wizard, Archmage

'Wow, he just fixed that problem in a heartbeat. Is he a wizard?'
"No, he's our security engineer."

by krispey1989 January 25, 2018

Murphy's Law of Engine-Idling Duration

"If you leave your vehicle's engine running during a delay in proceeding (traffic-jam, road construction, accident-resolution, "stuck" red signal-light, etc.), you will be sitting there for many minutes, just wasting gas. The instant you turn the key off and climb out of your seat to stretch, however, THAT'S when the line of traffic will begin moving again, and thus you will have shut off your engine "for nothing", AND you will now be holding up everyone behind you while you hastily hop back into the driver's seat and re-start the engine so that you can move forward again."

I finally took da plunge and bought a second-hand Toyota Prius because I'd eventually had one too many cases of Murphy's Law of Engine-Idling Duration... the Prius automatically shuts down its power during stand-stills, and then uses its electric motor to provide instant mobility as soon as you're ready to go again.

by QuacksO October 20, 2018

Engineer

1. Someone who builds or works on machines 2. A TF2 class :)

“He’s an engineer”
“HE’S PLAYING ENGINEER?!”

by Auggie_chan February 3, 2025

Social Engineering

Often a tactic used by Team Avolition during their Minecraft Griefing videos. Rather that simply destroying a building they tear the entire structure down, put down dirt & plant saplings so that the moderators and admins cannot roll back the damage.

“No don’t leave the house, that’s a bad idea. What you do is a little social engineering instead and tear the house to the ground, put dirt & plant saplings so that they can’t tell where it was and they can’t use Big Brother to roll back the damage because it won’t be able to tell what was built and what was naturally there.” -Storm_Surge

by The Merc With A Mouth August 18, 2023

Auntie Engine

Evelyn Engine

Auntie engine, doo da doo doo doo auntie engine, doo da doo to do

by Sister Squad Engine 1 October 30, 2018