Named after physicist Enrico Fermi. Fermy is a great guy and really good looking man. He’s the type of person his friends look for advice and who’s close to his family. When he dates someone, he’s the most kind, romantic and thoughtful human being. If you ever date a Fermy, please don’t let him go. He is an old-fashioned man in danger of extinction. Marry him and reproduce the specimen.
by impatientgirl November 23, 2021
A person who likes to make fermented foods and beverages such as sourdough bread, water kefir, kombucha and lacto-fermented vegetables. Their favorite books are Nourishing Traditions and Wild Fermentation.
You know a fermie when you go to their house and their kitchen counter is full of jars and crocks full of weird looking stuff.
by fermiegirl April 13, 2010
by zeusieus March 21, 2017
Figuring out something quickly by just using estimates to the closest power of ten, because sometimes you just want to know if the thing you're doing is worth or is gonna cost ten bucks, a hundred, or a cool grand.
Named after Fermi Estimation, a trick used by Enrico Fermi to wow his fellow nerds at parties by estimating shit without knowing 100% everything about the problem, sometimes without even writing shit down. You're not going to get exact numbers, but you're gonna get close enough.
Most notably, dude estimated the power of a fucking nuclear bomb by just dropping papers as the bomb went off and measuring how far the shockwave moved that shit — and he was only off by a bit.
Named after Fermi Estimation, a trick used by Enrico Fermi to wow his fellow nerds at parties by estimating shit without knowing 100% everything about the problem, sometimes without even writing shit down. You're not going to get exact numbers, but you're gonna get close enough.
Most notably, dude estimated the power of a fucking nuclear bomb by just dropping papers as the bomb went off and measuring how far the shockwave moved that shit — and he was only off by a bit.
Okay, so we don't know what the price of the stuff is — fuck it, just assume it's ten bucks, fermi it and we'll call the guy when he wakes up, we just need to know if this gonna make us big bucks or to just forget about it.
by tariqk July 13, 2022
Danny's Enrico Fermi in Oppenheimer; 'Shiva Baby's' Max is now splitting atoms! Same smolder, new atomic age coolness.
Example of how it's used in a sentence:
Person 1: Who's the suave guy in Oppenheimer with those eyes?
Person 2: Danny Deferrari as Enrico Fermi , baby! From 'Shiva Baby' to atomic baby.
Person 1: Who's the suave guy in Oppenheimer with those eyes?
Person 2: Danny Deferrari as Enrico Fermi , baby! From 'Shiva Baby' to atomic baby.
by courtofowls September 4, 2023
A phrase used to describe when someone you know ghosts you or disappears from your life.
It can also be used when someone stops talking to you mid-conversation and vanishes for long periods of time without an explanation given to you before or after.
The joke is that they were met with an extinction event that they couldn't survive through and now do not exist.
It can also be used when someone stops talking to you mid-conversation and vanishes for long periods of time without an explanation given to you before or after.
The joke is that they were met with an extinction event that they couldn't survive through and now do not exist.
Thespy: Shit, where the fuck did Nick go?
Caribou: I have no idea, The Fermi Paradox got them.
Thespy: The extinction event is real.
Caribou: I have no idea, The Fermi Paradox got them.
Thespy: The extinction event is real.
by InfinitelyTheWorst August 21, 2024