Magic or sorcery that involves machines and technology in its use or effects. Common uses include making something that was irreparably damaged continue to work properly or boosting a machine's efficiency and performance to past its technical limits.
Even with his extensive training in technomancy, Caderyn could not get the ancientdevice to operate.
1. Someone who cleverly uses a variety of machines and technological gadgets to perform tricks and effects that would resemble magic to the common viewer.
2. A big fan of various forms of techno music, most notably industrial. (see also, Jebb)
1. "And when I'm not working on my projects.... like a way of accelerating particles to subsonic speed using just magnets for instance, to create abberant wave forms, constant rates, resulting in a sum which surprisingly equals the mass of the atom! And seperating them by weight, we should see... MAGIC!"
"Shut up you weirdo!"
2. Jebb: Dude, I made a mix CD of Assemblage 23 and Wumpscut. So the name for it is AssWump!"
Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
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.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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.