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fleshware 

If you perform a complex function (e.g. software) using people rather than machinery (hardware), the people who carry out the function are fleshware.
Nobel prizewinner Richard Feynman's describes designing a fleshware 'super-computer' made of punch card machines and human calculators to do the complex calculations needed to design the atom bomb at Los Alamos.

There are many other instances in pre-computing era organizations where complex calculations were carried out by rows of nerds with pencils and papers. Earlier implementations include vast libraries of medieval monks acting as printing presses by writing out manuscripts and pairs of sailors (often duplicated for accuracy) acting as speedometers and sonar by casting knotted lines behind the ship, timed against one or more sand hourglasses and leaded lines below it for depth.
fleshware by supercomputerguru August 1, 2011
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fleshware 

First they thought it was a hardware problem, then they said it was a software problem. Eventually they figured out it was a fleshware problem. (eg. the person using the computer made a mistake)
fleshware by Lutie October 23, 2007

freshwater square

Douchebags who move from midwestern places such as Nebraska or Wisconsin, to coastal locales like Los Angeles or Brooklyn. Tend to hijack the scene with their trust funds and force long term residents to flee in disgust. Usually sport pseudo-hipster clothing about 4 to 5 years out-of-date.
"The poseurs in Williamsburg are a bunch of freshwater squares."
freshwater square by meadams April 18, 2009

freshwater starfish

A very rare starfish that lives in freshwater. So rare that it doesn’t exist.
I found a freshwater starfish.
Shut up, no you didn’t, liar.
freshwater starfish by Thefza October 24, 2019

freshwater tuna 

A homosexual androgonous male who is flamboyant and always well dressed.
I'm a gay fish of the freshwater tuna species.
freshwater tuna by Eden Woods September 1, 2009

FleshPretzel 

1. An intertwining of 2 or more naked bodies.

2. A naked pose that only an incredibly flexible female gymnast can sustain.
1. Upon returning from fetching a drink in the kitchen I discovered three fine females entwined in a FleshPretzel on my bed....AWESOME!

2. See that thing she's doing with her legs behind her ears? That's a FleshPretzel...uh huh!
FleshPretzel by CapTim January 25, 2008

Flashmares 

A flashback the occurs in your sleep. It's like a nightmare except it's of a past trauma.
I couldn't sleep, I kept getting flashmares
Flashmares by D-Monkey March 9, 2018
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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.
"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."
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I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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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.
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