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Raticular

An exclamatory term usually used after receiving good or exciting news.
Guy Named Brad: "Yo I think we just hit the highscore!"
Guy Named Kadin: "Raticular man, let's just keep going further."
Guy Named Brad: "Sounds good to me."
by Mr. Woolfy August 5, 2018
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reticulating splines

Nonsense technobabble used in a production context.

Reticulating splines started off as an in-joke at Maxis and grew to fame with the widespread popularity of The Sims. While it does have a "real" meaning, this definition isn't actually correct in the context of its use. It's really a programming joke.

Reticulating splines is essentially filler. Don't want to describe what's holding up the program? It's reticulating splines. Why isn't the Internet working? The splines aren't reticulated. Heck, don't want to explain your calculus assignment? We're reticulating splines this week.

See also processor gremlins for the computer hardware equivalent.
Sorry the video took so long to upload. Reticulating splines took hours!
by ndm13 April 21, 2015
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reticulated giraffe

The reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata), also known as the Somali giraffe, is a subspecies of giraffe native to the Horn of Africa. It lives in Somalia, southern Ethiopia, and northern Kenya. There are approximately 8,500 individuals living in the wild. The reticulated giraffe was described and given its binomial name by British zoologist William Edward de Winton in 1899, however the IUCN currently recognizes only one species of giraffe with nine subspecies.

Reticulated giraffes can interbreed with other giraffe species in captivity or if they come into contact with populations of other species in the wild.

Together with the Rothschild's giraffe, it is by far the giraffe that is most commonly seen in zoos. Its coat consists of large, polygonal, liver-colored spots outlined by a network of bright-white lines. The blocks may sometimes appear deep red and may also cover the legs. Giraffes are the tallest mammals in the world.
Me: That's a cute reticulated giraffe you have there!
The scared zoo owner who saw me break inside his zoo: Yeah, uh, thanks. Get out.
by theomelon May 3, 2021
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reticulating splines

v.
A necessary computation performed by numerous Maxis Sim games. Content simply cannot be generated without meticulous reticulation.

See: reticulatingsplines on ytmnd for further information.
I just generated a random map, but had to wait for the game to finish reticulating splines.
by Crick Albert July 22, 2009
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ridicular

The person was acting ridicular. "Don't act ridicular".
by Krishna Montazem August 22, 2006
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radtacular

Lesbian mud wrestling is radtacular.
by $$$ February 21, 2004
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Baticularneosis

The scientific name of the rare and serious illness commonly known as bat flu. Symptoms include loss of memory, excessive salivating, fear of entering chlorinated water, and growth of wing-like protrusions from your back.
Jenna opened the bathroom stall and was greeted by a vicious family of bats. They attacked and the bites transmitted baticularneosis. After that she had an intense fear of going to the pool for years.

"Dude where's Jenna?"
"Oh i heard she has bat flu. .. or like baticularneosis or some shit... like shit."
by swimmachamp94 January 13, 2010
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