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.."

by nutman May 4, 2005

samophlange

A Mechanical Object/Tool Used in the Game World of Warcraft

Eg 1. Pass me that Samophlange

by Freakster15 April 17, 2007

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

by Paul April 7, 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.

by Ness March 10, 2005