penterprise 

the unobjected use of other persons' pens or pencils aka pen swap

"Hey man, let me see your pen, it's a free penterprise around here."

penterprise by Ian V. November 1, 2005

Enterprise Transformation 

An exercise undertaken by a company shortly before its web address becomes a "link to nowhere."

Six months before shuttering its windows and doors, Zombie Hyena Industry Solutions launched a last-ditch Enterprise Transformation initiative.

Enterprise Transformation by The Whole World Is Watching October 28, 2010

Enterprise Effect 

A phenomenon seen in many sci-fi movies/TV programs by which any damage to a spaceship (regardless of location) is seen as sparks and/or fire in the bridge/command center of said spacecraft. First experiences with the effect were on the bridge of the USS Enterprise, piloted by the illustrious/infamous Captain James T. Kirk of Starfleet Command (hence the name).

Scotty: We've 'ad an 'it on on the most unimportant part of the ship Cap'in. I can' hold her!

Kirk: Oh god, the sparks and/or fire are/is everywhere!!1 We're experienceing one hell of an Enterprise Effect.

Enterprise Effect by SilentS March 20, 2009

enterprise code 

A derogatory term for program code that is ridiculously verbose and difficult to read and edit, characterized by grossly abusing the myriad of features available for a given language when a much simpler and more elegant solution is obvious. Derived from the horrible code that the employees of large, bureaucratic companies write for the sake of busy work and/or tormenting coworkers.

John spent eight hours writing 471 lines of Java enterprise code, importing thirteen libraries and carefully crafting three factory classes to accomplish a task that could just as easily be done with ten lines of Python. A hard day's pay earned.

enterprise code by dontkillalljews February 12, 2013

Enterprise 

The space vessel ("Starship") which serves as the main setting for the television and movie series Star Trek. Within Star Trek canon there have been 7 "Starships" with that designation: NX-01, NCC-1701 A-E, and the original NCC-1701 ("No bloody A, B, C or D").

Kirk to Picard: "A bit of advice: Don't let them promote you, don't let them retire you, don't let them do anything to take you off the bridge of (the Enterprise)".
- Star Trek Generations

Enterprise by Hudson_22 June 23, 2003

The Enterprise 

A sexual position based on the shape of the Starship Enterprise from Star Trek. It is performed as follows: The girl lies on her stomach on a table with her waist at the edge of the table. She bends her knees at a 90 degree angle so that her legs are perpendicular to the table and her feet are parallel to the table, resembling the warp nacelles of the actual Starship Enterprise. Her hands should be holding onto her legs and her head and back arched up, to resemble the saucer section of the Enterprise. The man stands behind her and enters her like a shuttle craft into the cargo bay.

"Last night I Enterprised my virgin girlfriend. I realized that I boldly went where no man has gone before!"

Note: It is often common to yell out during the act of performing The Enterprise, "Prepare for a light speed thrust maneuver; make it so."

The Enterprise by TheInstitute May 27, 2010

American Enterprise Institute 

Organization founded in 1943 by Lewis H. Brown (the asbestos tycoon).

(Brown's company, Johns-Manville, was the largest asbestos manufacturer in the US during the 1930s, and was involved in a massive, 40-year cover-up of the severe health risks posed by asbestos.)

The American Enterprise Association (AEA) was created to design and promote policies that strengthen the political power of large corporations. In 1970, William Baroody, Sr. became its head and changed the name from "Association" to "Institute" (AEI); he had earlier learned how to (a) launder oversized campaign contributions from corporate boards, and (b) how to present the AEI as an earnest, high-minded, non-partisan research group (or "thinktank"). Baroody's sons, William Jr. and Michael, both became important Conservative Movement figures.

The AEI was, until the 1990's, mainly a very well-heeled devil's advocate against any progressive cause: it opposed regulating cigarettes, municipal water systems, environmental protections of all kinds, and the Endangered Species Act. Its budget grew enormously and it spawned subsidiary organizations such as NGOWatch, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Project for a New American Century (PNAC), and many more besides.

During the period 1997-present, the AEI became much more intensively focused on armed confrontation. In the name of "security," especially "energy security," the AEI appears to have spent an increased share of its already-burgeoning budget on promoting war or sanctions against many countries with a majority Muslim population. It argued against democratic review of US foreign policy, and in favor of criminalizing dissent. Position papers ceased to have any research content at all, and became pure polemics.

After the 2008 elections, which provided a clear repudiation of AEI policies *en masse*, the AEI focused on promoting itself as the guardian of national security; it did this by arguing that torture and extraordinary renditions were vital to keeping the USA safe from foreign terrorists. This made the organization valuable to former administration officials subject to prosecution for violations of Hague Conventions & Geneva Conventions

In February 2007, *The Guardian* (UK) reported that the American Enterprise Institute was offering scientists and economists $10,000 each, "to undermine a major climate change report" from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). AEI asked for "articles that emphasise the shortcomings" of the IPCC report, which "is widely regarded as the most comprehensive review yet of climate change science."

American Enterprise Institute by Abu Yahya May 29, 2009