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The first person that you want as a friend, the last person that you want as an enemy.
Joe: My Trans Am's pretty sweet but I really don't know diddly squat about cars. I need to befriend a good mechanic so I can keep her running sweet.

Jon: I punched a dude at the bar last Friday. Little did I know that he would be the mechanic that would be doing my brake job last Monday. Now I'm laid up in the hospital with a fractured skull and my car's somewhere between a crusher and a foundry.
by Yeret March 12, 2017
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v. collectively or individually finding someone/something to blame for a problem, as opposed to brainstorming which connotes finding solutions to a problem

n. the act of finding someone/something to blame for a problem

(from a TV ad for HD television)
The committee commenced blamestorming over the situation rather than seeking solutions to the problem.
by TBea April 22, 2008
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Someone who does precision guesswork based on unreliable data from those of questionable knowledge.
It's a good thing Tim hired a mechanic, cuz he doesn't know what the fuck he is doing.
by American-Kiwi17 February 07, 2017
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Someone who does precision guesswork based on unreliable date from those of questionable knowledge.
It's a good thing Tim hired a mechanic, cuz he doesn't know what the fuck he's doing.
by American-Kiwi17 February 07, 2017
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A card-dealer at high-stakes poker who is adroit at manipulating the cards in the deck to favor one player over another.
"Don't worry kid," Shooter said, "No one will know. I'm one helluva mechanic."

-- Richard Jessup, "The Cincinnati Kid"
by Guy Dalziel February 28, 2006
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A person whom is skilled in the use of tools and repair or fabrication of mechanical devices.
Not necessarily just cars and trucks.

The term mechanic but a few generations ago was a skill level in the industrial trades. covering many different lines of work.
I'm a mechanic, but wish to become a machinist and eventually a tool maker.
by eddie6775 December 31, 2010
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