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A brand of computers that seem to have fast processors, big hard drives, lots of RAM, the newest operating systems, and yet somehow manage to cost really cheap. The secret lies in the fact that the entire computer is made out of cheap, low-quality components, and the entire computer often dies within a year after buying it.

The term "Emachines" can also mean any low-quality and cheap system that seems to have the latest components, even if it is not actually made by the Emachines company.

True, some Emachines owners have had their computers for over 6 years and they have never failed them. These people are just lucky.
Person A: Hey, look, Ive got a new Emachines computer! It has a Core 2 Duo, 3 gigs of RAM, a 320-gig hard drive, an Nvidia GeForce 8600, and Windows Vista Ultimate! And I only paid like $500 for it!

Person B: Emachines are total crap. Yours will break within a week, I guarantee it.

Person A: Yeah, like I'm gonna believe that! This computer will beat your crappy one that you built yourself for $3000! Now I can play all the latest games on max settings!

One week later:
Person A: That fucking Emachines is like so fucking junk, I tried to overclock the fucking CPU and the fucking BIOS didnt fucking let me adjust the fucking frequency and voltage, so I had to fucking play Crysis on fucking medium. Then I turned it on this morning and the fucking motherboard just fucking fried and then fucking smoke came out of the fucking back of it and the fucking screen looked like some fucking modern art and all my data was fucking gone...

Person B: See, I told you!

Person A: I'm so fucking mad, I will never buy a fucking Emachines again! And I'm gonna have a fucking good time smashing that fucking piece of junk to bits, that's about the best thing I can do with this computer!
emachines by jsmith8800 January 28, 2008
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emuchickala 

Commonly Used In The Cases Listed:
1.When you see an odd or quite spectactular/awesome creature or animal
2.When you see an odd or quite spectactular/awesome person
3.When an odd or quite spectactular/awesome event or situation takes place
1. That girl is so hot! She's emuchickala!
2. That squirrel is crazy; it's almost emuchickala!
emuchickala by random_knowledge July 11, 2007

emochicken 

an idiot and fake emo
Peeping Tom is an emochicken
emochicken by Davic April 22, 2007
1.A computer manufacturer who usually makes cheap computers.
2.A computer manufacturer hated by gamers (mainly because fo their week processors, video cards etc.)
3. A shitty computer.
1. Me and my whife just baught an Emachines computer.
2. Haha your pc is almost as shitty as an emachines!
3. That shit looks like an emachines.
emachines by Bobby Liota May 17, 2004

eMachine 

The cheapest ratshit computer ever built. Bought out by Gateway now, so there is no support either.

White trash computer purchased by those who are to tarded to know that you get what you pay for.
I took a dump on that eMachine and doubled its value.
eMachine by Ph03n1X May 13, 2005
A budget computer for the average home user that was made from 1998-2013. Many elitist PC gamers hate on eMachines PC's because they are "crappy" and not meant for gaming even though it's a BUDGET COMPUTER.
PC Gamer: LOL! Your emachines sucks! It's built with cheap parts!

eMachines user: It's from the year 2005 and it's still running, how are the parts "cheap"? Your shitty custom built desktop died 2 years ago.

PC Gamer: ...
eMachines by jdaniel125 October 6, 2016
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Democrat 2: Well uh, Blexas!
Democrat 1: You've been saying that since 2008 though.
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briefcake 

"Did you check out the briefcake in courtroom C?"
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