A bizarre condition in where once nibbled on by a penguin, they develop a "love" towards them, and can't stop thinking about them, this mythical disease is believed to made Linus, the creator of Linux, pick a penguin as a mascot for his newly made operating system
by Sir Terry December 31, 2013
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The 'disease' that inspired Linus Torvalds, Linux creator, to make a penguin (Tux) the Linux logo.
"Penguinitis makes you stay awake at nights just thinking about penguins and feeling great love towards them."

If Obama had penguinitis, he would give more funding to conservation and less tolerance for Arctic drilling!
by This is CS50 in Los Angeles January 26, 2014
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This is a condition that I conjured up for a condition that I did not know a name for.

The condition is when you work or exercise in an environment that causes you to sweat and said sweat proceedeth down your butt and into your nether-regions and causes an irritation while at first would perhaps be a mild case of "swap ass" gradually will lead to Peguinitis if left untreated.

It is called Penguinitis because of the manner that it causes you to walk once you have the rash/irritation between your legs.

you must walk like a Penguin or feel the pain.
man1: Whats wrong with you? You are walking funny.

man2: Nuttin' man I just got a bad case of Penguinitis.

man1: Damn son, early stage or late stage?

man2: Oh, Its FULL BLOWN PENGUINITIS!
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When two or more people try and stand as close together as possible with both hands in their pockets to avoid cold weather and strong winds.
This form of behavior is inspired by the Emperor Penguins, who form a big huddle (also known as the turtle formation) to avoid the extreme cold.
The participants will push themselves closer and closer to the group’s shifting center to keep warm.
“It’s so cold and windy. Let’s penguin to keep warm.”
“Look at that group of people penguining. I wish I could join them.”
“I’m freezing! Shall we penguin?”
by Doram Jacoby and Ellie Brill January 28, 2019
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The process where we lose our ability to preform certain skills because of an over reliance of tools that we have created. e.g. calculators, computers, iTouch, etc. This happened when penguins stopped flying and they lost the ability to fly after a certain amount of time that had passed.
We were once able to add numbers visually at great speed, but have lost the ability due to the introduction of calculators is an example of penguinization. Cell phones with speed dial is another example of no longer remembering anyone's phone number because we access numbers electronically rather than relying on our memory.
by Icchok January 27, 2010
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