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non-linear 

Guy be busting my chops so I went non-linear on his ass.
non-linear by Slick Mikey March 4, 2003

Non-Linear Selling 

Selling in pairs or other combinations and for more than one year at a time, thereby decreasing the absolute number of deals required to sell out your inventory as well as increasing your efficiency and productivity.
If there are 200 signs in an arena and you sell them to sponsors in pairs for a term of two years each then you only need to make 50 deals per year to sell out your inventory instead of 200 per year--thus, you have reduced your workload by 75%. If you can further increase the number of multi-year deals for pairs of signs you can do per annum then your sales will increase at an ever increasing rate-- that is non-linear selling.
Non-Linear Selling by ProfBruce April 20, 2011

Non-linear conversation 

A remark , explanation, or story that bears little or no reliability or truth.
I have no time for non-linear conversations. Bullshit is the domain of liars.

nonlinear catastrophic structural exasperation 

The sudden, unexplainable, transition of wood, metal, plastic, concrete into an explosive state.

Example: OH NOES!! MY DESK IS SUFFERING FROM NONLINEAR CATASTROPHIC STRUCTURAL EXASPERATION!!!
Example: OH NO!! My desk is suffering from nonlinear catastrophic structural exasperation!!!

Nonlinear 

to freak out, to crack under stress or pressure.

Specialized vocabulary used by scientists and engineers.
"You'd better stop interrupting, man. Dave's about to go nonlinear!"
Nonlinear by Tessa Who September 21, 2005

nonlinear response 

A reaction that is out of measure with its impetus.
Kyle: "Hey Linda, have you got the time?"
Linda: "Eat a dick Kyle"
Brian: "nonlinear response there Linda. Its 9:30 Kyle"
nonlinear response by jake jeckle December 19, 2008
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Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
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Plate of Brown 

A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brown will also be accompanied by a dark soda.
Wanna go to meal hall & grab a plate of brown?
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Larpenomics

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Palmela Handerson 

Your hand that you masturbate with.
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Boyfriend: Have a visit from Palmela Handerson of course!
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