Reticulin 

Also known as a Grey, these aliens have large upsidedown-seed shaped heads, black slanted seed-shaped eyes, tiny slits for mouths, usually no nose or nostrils, tend to be about three and a half feet tall, communicate through telepathy, and tend to reportedly smell like plain cinnamon and wet cardboard. They are called Reticulins because they supposedly come from the Zeta Reticuli star systems.

The Reticulin seemed to move slowly so the Sarge took his chances and cracked a heavy baseball bat over its head, snapping its neck and crushing its skull.

Reticulin by Merchant August 31, 2005

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!

reticulating splines by ndm13 April 21, 2015

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.

reticulated giraffe by theomelon May 3, 2021

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.

reticulating splines by Crick Albert July 22, 2009

Raticulious.

Raticulious: A powerful creature beyond the power of God that wreaked havoc for many centuries. Raticulious was defeated by the Lord of the Capybaras billions of years ago in the War of CapyCulious. Raticulious has defeated many bad things like the booh bahs but unfortunately they were re summoned. Once again Raticulious has emerged from the depths of the Cavern to defeat something worse than you can imagine. The BinguBara's Feast that will commence on 25th October 2022. The Feast is near.

You cannot escape the dawn of Raticulious...

Raticulious. by SaintOnuma April 10, 2022

Zeta Reticuli I and II 

Zeta Reticuli I and II form a star system which is supposedly the home to Zeta Reticulins, a race of aliens commonly referred to as the Greys. This system was first mapped out by Betty and Barney Hill after an abduction and thought to be fake but was discovered by astronomers as real in 1967. This star system is key evidence as proof of alien existance.

"I have come from what you know as Zeta Reticuli I and II..." said the short, gray-skinned alien as Johnny examined it's large black eyes

Zeta Reticuli I and II by Merchant July 9, 2006

reticulate 

it's an adjective. Resembing a net or network especially having veins, fibers or lines.

Hey big man, I think you got something that's pretty darn reticulate.

reticulate by PebblesandBamBam November 19, 2007