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samophlange 

Origin: In the mid 90s, a set of outtakes from the voiceover recording sessions of the popular 80s cartoon Thundercats appeared on the Internet.

Among the very humorous moments in the outtakes is one where the voice actor for Panthro, (the, uh, "soulful" Thundercat) says the following line, "And keep your foot off that blasted Samophlange!" followed quickly by the outtake, "What the F*ck is a Samophlange?!"

Since then, Samophlange has come to be defined as any piece of sensitive technical equipment that may or may not actually exist.

While it is sometimes used in exasperation when a technical glitch can't be explained even by experts, it is more likely to be used as a geeky inside joke at the expense of a newbie, of the same ilk as the ID10T or PEBKAC "errors."

But however you use it, just don't step on it.
<Computer Newbie> "I think my CD-ROM is dead..."

<Smarmy Geek> *sigh* "I sure hope you didn't touch the Samophlange or something.."
samophlange by nutman May 4, 2005
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samophlange 

A Mechanical Object/Tool Used in the Game World of Warcraft
Eg 1. Pass me that Samophlange
samophlange by Freakster15 April 24, 2007
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samophlange 

Technical sounding word made up to confuse the nubs.
Dan: My GPS isnt working!
Paul: I suggest adjusting the samophlange, I hear if they get out of kilter it will cause the unit to stop working
samophlange by Paul April 6, 2005

samophlange 

Samophlange is a color, like purple, but more like yellow.

So it's like yellurple.
Tim's girlfriend's eye were purple and samophlange.
samophlange by Ness March 9, 2005

samoflange 

The samoflange is also part of one of the infamous Thundercats voiceover out-takes.
"...and get your foot off that blasted samoflange.... what the f*** is a samoflange?!"
samoflange by nick May 15, 2004

samoflange 

After fighting the Thundercats on several occasions I've heard Panthro refer to the samoflange when talking about the Thunder Tank. Sound wise, a flange is an echo. So, logic says that a 'samo' is a prefix. But a prefix for what?
Thunderian, by nature are war-like, but not by upbringing. This leads be to believe that a 'samo' has something to do with the eternal strugal between good and evil. I've also heard Panthro say, while in the Thunder Tank,"Keep your foot off that blasted samoflange!" This only strenghten's my point even more.
These points that I have brought up lead me to make on conclusion what a 'samoflange' is. A samoflange is a nuclear powered, subterrian, tank mounted, brain control echo generator. It makes perfect sense; that tank has more weapons than it needs and Lion-O is bent on 'uniting' everyone under the 'Code of Thundera'.
Keep your foot off that blasted samoflange!!
samoflange by Kimi May 8, 2004

samoflange 

A samoflange is a subset of glass-blown bowl or pipe (does not include bubblers/bongs/etc.)used to smoke marijuana. The defining characteristic of a samoflange is its inability to kick or clear into your mouth, a common problem with smoking from a bowl. Meaning, no unwanted ash or "scooby snacks."
A samoflange must be dubbed as such before it can truely qualify as such. The dubbing process is as follows:

Once a smoking sesh has ended...
First a sesh partner must initiate the ceremony by placing his foot on the samoflange.
A second partner will then proceed to recite the words of Panthro.
To finish, the first partner will recite the words of Tigra.
This completes the dubbing process and the pipe has become samoflangisquous.
PANTHRO: "...and get your foot off that blasted samoflange!"
TIGRA: "What the hell's a samoflange?!"

as from Thundercats Episode 1
samoflange by Smoke Team April 25, 2007
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