genericized 

Retrofitting something specific to fit a broader application

I genericized the name of the sample company.

genericized by JackRyan February 6, 2009

Generalized Anxiety Disorder 

A chemical brain disorder that causes one to worry about everything, even things they don't particularly care about. Also causes one to not be able to relax properly. Most people do not take this disorder seriously, even though it is very serious and can cause a lot of problems in a sufferer's life.

Me: I have to tell you something.. I have Generalized Anxiety Disorder and it's ruining my life.
Friend: Oh. So what'd you buy Suzie for her Birthday?
Me: Uh I just told you I have a fucking anxiety disorder.
Friend: Yeah, I worry about stuff a lot too. So anyway about the party?
Me: -_-

Generalized Anxiety Disorder by whatwhatwhat77 June 11, 2012

Genericizing 

1) The act of generically defining a subject.
2) Software: the process of re-writing code so it is generic and re-usable for many projects. i.e. Forming a template.

The process of genericizing the myriad implementations of the project was long and arduous.

Genericizing by IrishGeek November 3, 2010

Generalized Anxiety Disorder 

A mental illness that involves excessive, exaggerated anxiety and worry about everyday life events. It differs from regular anxiety in the way that little worries are over analyzed to the point of a possible anxiety attack which is very similar to a panic attack.

Some symptoms are:
fatigue
ongoing worry
unrealistic view of problems
headaches
sweating
trembling
difficultly concentrating
being easily startled
insomnia

AKA: GAD

"I wasn't able to finish my paper because I saved it until the last minute and I had an anxiety attack because I have generalized anxiety disorder."

Generalized Anxiety Disorder by Syren Summers April 30, 2007

genericide

A unique marketing predicament where a particular brand of a product becomes so common or dominant, its brand name becomes the generic term for the entire product category. Examples include Kleenex, Vaseline, Xerox, Windex and WD-40. Some trademarks have actually lost their legal protection in the U.S, including Aspirin, Thermos and zipper.

#1: "Hand me a Kleenex, would you please? I'm all stuffed up."

#2: "These are Puffs. Shouldn't you say 'facial tissue'?"

#1: "I just say Kleenex for all of them. The brand has committed genericide. Now just give me the damn Kleenex already, my nose is dripping!"

genericide by drm310 September 23, 2011

generalized abstract nonsense 

The term "generalized abstract nonsense" is usually jokingly (and endearingly) applied to topics in mathematics of very high abstraction level, mostly category theory. It probably refers to the fact that some concepts in category theory can abstract away so far from the actual mathematical structures that are described as to lose all connection to the actual meat of the matter.

Yoneda's lemma is just generalized abstract nonsense.

generalized abstract nonsense by Dominique U March 10, 2018

Generisize 

The act of making something generic. Implies that it was non-generic before.

I've Generisized the algorithm

Generisize by Joel D. Martinez April 4, 2007