The school is awesome for shop, but academics are awful. Known for massive amounts of homework. Starts earlier than other schools and ends later.
The school has students from 13 towns;
Bellingham,
Blackstone,
Douglas,
Grafton,
Hopedale,
Mendon,
Milford,
Millbury,
Millville,
Northbridge,
Sutton,
Upton,
Uxbridge.
Mascot: Beaver Colors: Purple, black, white and gold
Also known as Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School, Valley Tech, or BVT.
Jr High student #1: I sooo don't want to go to the town high school next year.
Jr High student #2: I know! Its gunna be wicked boring.
Jr High student #1: I'm just going to apply to Blackstone Valley Tech.
Jr High student #2: Me toooo! I hope we get accepted.
When an electronic device is used as a shield from flirting. For example, when an opportunity occurs (eye contact, adjacent sitting), the potential person shifts attention to their gizmo (fiddling on an iPod, texting on cellphone, opening a netbook).
Paul: "Tom, why don't you say something to that cute redhead?"
Tom: "She already techblocked me when I looked over at her & smiled, then she whipped out her smartphone"
Adj. -- 1) prevented from accomplishing some task as a result of a technological failure or glitch; 2) a disabling sense of anxiety or insecurity produced by technological change.
"I tried to print out my paper, but I was techblocked by the f'ing printer."
"My father wants to set up his router, but he's feeling completely techblocked."
While our lifespan is the number of years we will live, our healthspan is the number of healthy years we will have and our sexspan is is the number of years we will continue to be healthy enough to continue having an active sex life.
A lighthearted reaction upon receiving disappointing news of some sort. Usually something that isn't a particularly a big deal, esp. when it primarily affects someone else - sort of a mild schadenfreude. Sometimes doubled or tripled, and possibly said in a sing-songy voice for added comedic effect to imitate a muted trumpet, which is how the meme originated.