Inventor of the television. Vladimir Zworykin copied his idea for RCA. He helped RCA keep all possible profits out of Farnsworth's hands. At age 14, young Philo had his working idea all set. He was a farmboy genius, and it was cornfields with different-colored corn that inspired him to use pixels the way he did. At 21, Farnsworth had his first working model of a television. Farnsworth also designed the Farnsworth-Hirsch Fusor, which was the first fusor to demonstrate actual nuclear fusion.

Philo T. Farnsworth invented the television designed the first working Fusor, but he is not famous. His wife, Elma, always fought for his place in history. She died in 2006.

Philo T. Farnsworth by Mikey Cee May 17, 2007

Farnsworth Aerospace 5-8

Farnsworth is a bitchass school , everyone there either two faced or slow and retarded. this school wackk like on god , everyone there they got clout lmfaoo. the popular girls always tryna help new kids with they schedule and give a good impression.

someone new : needs help with schedule at farnsworth

popular girl : I'll help , being nice to them .

Farnsworth Aerospace 5-8 means people think they have clout .

Farnsworth Aerospace 5-8 by imallexx's wife November 7, 2019

Farnsworth Phenomenon

Auditory phenomenon wherein reading a line of text commonly attributed to a person or persons with a particularly unique voice or accent causes the mind to hear that person's voice. This is not unique to famous individuals, as works clearly written with various accents (Irish, French, Pirate) yield similar results.

So named after the character Professor Farnsworth in Futurama.

So my buddy texted me, 'What's the Farnsworth Phenomenon?', so I texted him back, 'What do you think of when I type 'Good News Everyone?', a minute later he sends me back a '=O'

Farnsworth Phenomenon by GodOfAtheism November 6, 2010

Farnsworth Phenomenon

Auditory phenomenon wherein reading the work of a person with a particularly unique voice or accent causes the mind to hear that person's voice. Happens a lot of with Professor Farnsworth's catch phrase.

Good News, Everyone!

You just said that like Professor Farnsworth, hence the Farnsworth Phenomenon

Farnsworth Phenomenon by bobbyddog November 7, 2010

Fuckey Farmsworth

n. Someone who cuts you off or does something stupid in traffic, nearly causing an accident (fatal or minor) and endangering themself and/or others including you. Fuckey can be substituted with Buckey

Nice signal, Fuckey Farmsworth...
Where did you get your license, Fuckey Farmsworth?
Are you trying to get everyone killed Fuckey Farmsworth?
Reckless Driver, bad driver, dumb ass, moron, idiot , dumb fuck, crazy stupid bastard...

Fuckey Farmsworth by THE_SOLIDBIGBOSS April 5, 2017

Farnsworth

A form of sarcastic agreement with someone where you contradict them using the following format: "If by {something} you mean {something opposite} then yes." (Named after the character Professor Farnsworth on Futurama.)

Bob: That is awesome!
Jim: If by "awesome" you mean "it sucks" then yes.
Fred: FARNSWORTH'D!

Farnsworth by C Pritzel March 3, 2007

Whale

In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.

"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."

Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020

Word of the Day on September 21, 2026

Concrete cowboy

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.

Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.

Concrete cowboy by EugeneJohnson42000 March 16, 2024

Word of the Day on September 20, 2026

hobo loko

any hard liquor that is cheap & potent.. eg. relska, popov, potters, evan williams, kamchatka, fireball, rumpleminze, southern comfort, everclear

hey let's get a drink of that?

go ahead
*takes drink* ugh wtf is that?

everclear & bepsi
fucking hobo loko eeessshh

hobo loko by d i z k o 2 0 8 September 14, 2026

Word of the Day on September 19, 2026

God Shot

A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".

Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."

God Shot by Imogen1564 February 25, 2011

Word of the Day on September 18, 2026

city chicken

A food native to Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania in which cubes of pork and/or veal are put on a short, wooden skewer, breaded, then baked and/or fried.

I've heard that city chicken originated during the Great Depression, when folks didn't have enough money to buy full cuts of meat, so they assembled meat scraps on a wooden skewer, creating a make-shift drumstick. Hence the name.

Are yinz havin' city chicken for dinner?

city chicken by TRF August 31, 2006

Word of the Day on September 17, 2026

Is that cake?

Another way to say is this fake? Like the show real or cake

“Slayyyter just announced another album last night”
“No way, is that cake?”
“Yeah whoops this isn’t real”

Is that cake? by Sexyyred September 15, 2026

Word of the Day on September 16, 2026