a job environment or workplace which employs over-qualified personel at high wages only to give paycuts shortly after. Once employed there you are required to brown-nose and lick ass to avoid being terminated. Even brown-nosers and ass lickers are not safe from termination because MicroWarehouse is notorious for performing random layoffs for no apparent reason. After a full shift of work in an environment such as this, most people begin to feel suicidal tendencies setting in.
(see: Office Space)
I was in a good mood until I got to MicroWarehouse, now that my shift is half way over I have a strong urge to hurt myself or someone else.
The branch of warp mechanics that studies microscale warp bubbles—spacetime distortions only nanometers to micrometers across. Microwarp mechanics is more feasible than macrowarp because quantum effects can provide negative energy on small scales (e.g., Casimir effect). Potential applications include exotic matter generation, quantum information processing, or even microscopic warp propulsion for nanobots. Microwarp mechanics often overlaps with quantum field theory in curved spacetime.
Example: “Microwarp mechanics experiments attempted to create a tiny warp bubble between two closely spaced plates, using the Casimir effect to generate the required negative energy.”
A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”
Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing peecalculus.