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Skunk Works 

"An insane asylum disguised as an aircraft factory"
-Lazerpig
Not wanting to task all their proven engineers to pursue an experimental jet fighter project during the manufacturing boom of WW2, Lockheed basically went on the prowl to find aircraft engineers of questionable sanity, stick them in a circus tent, painted a cartoon logo, told them to crack on with it, and called the outfit Skunk Works.

The Skunkworks 

A skunkworks is a group of people who, in order to achieve unusual results, work on a project in a way that is outside the usual rules. A skunkworks is often a small team that assumes or is given responsibility for developing something in a short time with minimal management constraints. Typically, a skunkworks has a small number of members in order to reduce communications overhead. A skunkworks is sometimes used to spearhead a product design that thereafter will be developed according to the usual process. A skunkworks project may be secret.
Hey Bob, how's life in The Skunkworks?
The Skunkworks by pinecon August 29, 2004

Skunkworks 

Refers to a project in development by a small group of people mainly for innovation.
Also is an official alias for the Lockheed Martin Advanced Development Programs and the name of a heavy metal album by Bruce Dickinson.
Lets start a skunkworks
Skunkworks by PoetryRaven March 19, 2009

plutocratic skunkworks 

The treacherous efforts of the 1% to grow their wealth and power through secretive, unethical and immoral laws created by corporate lobbyists, groups of super rich individuals and corrupt politicians. super rich, 1%, corporations, elite, multinationals, multinational corporations, lobbyist, politicians, tech companies, Wall Street, the Bilderbergs, Committee on Foreign Relations, billionaires, millionaires, plutocrat
I think the one-percent use plutocratic skunkworks to manipulate the federal government and the stock market for their own benefit.

Skunkworks 

Did you taste those burgers, they were real skunkworks
Skunkworks by Desparatestudent February 25, 2009
well known from south park
rednecks get angrry that future folk took there jobs so they yell
They took ouare jerbs!
Them future folk took ouare jerbs!
jerb by Jimberley Kim April 7, 2005
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