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Engineer's syndrome 

A tendency for some engineers to believe that they can solve complex problems in unrelated fields (economics, philosophy, etc) by applying typical engineering strategies (mathematical modeling, etc) despite lacking domain knowledge in the field.
"The volatility of financial markets can be minimized by using control theory to model the market as a second-order system."
"That's just your engineer's syndrome talking."

engineer's guilt 

The guilt you feel when you decide to have fun and take a couple hours off from doing problem sets and coding.
I went home after the party and tried to do math homework because I felt so much engineer's guilt.
engineer's guilt by cmethyn October 8, 2012

Engineer's Eye 

Your standards for attractiveness are significantly low while attending Brooklyn Technical High School, caused by the school's largely unattractive student body, particularly the boys. Named after the school's mascot, the Engineers.
Michelle took a cardboard cutout of Danny DeVito to prom, talk about a serious case of Engineer's Eye.
Engineer's Eye by equalizer111 December 22, 2021

Engineer's Arm 

The increase in muscle mass you get in your arms after pushing or pulling the fucking heavy ass metal doors at Brooklyn Technical High School for 7 hours a day and 5 days a week.
"My arms hurt from the doors"
"You got engineer's arm."
Engineer's Arm by Bths student November 26, 2011

engineer's bandage 

A type of bandage associated with engineers of any sort (i.e. electrical, mechanical, etc) because of the simple yet effective design, consisting of some sort of absorbent material such as paper towel, and tape such as black vinyl electrical tape to hold the absorbent material in place.
Example 1:

I cut my finger on my car's frame when I dropped the transmission, so I needed an engineer's bandage to finish working on it.

Example 2:
Man 1: What's that black tape on your finger for?
Man 2: I cut my finger working on my car's transmission so I had to make an engineer's bandage.

Engineer's Mullet 

Physics, Chemistry, Other shit Monti complains about in the front, party in the back
Hook - "Hey man, nice mullet bro"

Montana - "Fucking business idiot I'm an engineer, if I was in business I wouldn't be an engineer fuck. I have an engineer's mullet"

Hook - "Shit sorry forgot how sick you were pce"