Pseudo-Engineer 

Sarcastic title, proudly used by those with Engineering degrees, when others without the degree, claim to be Engineers.

A supervisor introducing the working team to a new member:
"Even though he’s the only one with a real Engineering degree, Jack calls himself a Pseudo-Engineer because others here in the company claim to be Software Engineers but their degrees are from everything from Political Science to Accounting."

Pseudo-Engineer by truepseudonym July 9, 2018

Pseudo-Engineer 

1: A person without an Engineering Degree who claims being an Engineer simply because they work in Engineering tasks.

2: A person who hasn’t gone through the rigors of Engineering School, yet pretends to be an Engineer.

Guy 1: "Yeah, I'm an Engineer."
Guy 2: "Oh cool! My brother's an Engineer. What's your degree on?"
Guy 1: "Well, it's in Graphic Design, but I have a Java certification and write software for a living."
Guy 2: Snickers and thinks to himself "Perfect...another Pseudo-Engineer."

Pseudo-Engineer by truepseudonym July 9, 2018

pseudoengineering 

It's when your idea is possible in theory, and it "works" and isn't against the laws of physics, but it's just impractically dumb, and the data is clear but you pursue it anyway.

Solar roadways is an example of pseudoengineering.

pseudoengineering by anonymous June 1, 2023

psuedoengineering 

When your idea is possible in theory, and it "works" and isn't against the laws of physics, but it's just impractically dumb, and the data is clear but you pursue it anyway.

What's with those solar roadways? That's just psuedoengineering!

psuedoengineering by UrbanDictionister June 1, 2023