Astrapto's definitions
Boy: "Grandma! I just bought a top-of-the-market graphics card! I think I'm having a... a - a......"
Gran: "A What, boy?"
Boy: "...A nerdspasm!!"
Gran: "A What, boy?"
Boy: "...A nerdspasm!!"
by Astrapto November 5, 2010
Get the nerdspasmmug. A Verb, meaning "to manipulate events totally and subtly, controlling both sides of an interaction to achieve one's own end."
Emperor Palpatine from Star Wars orchestrated the Clone Wars, the downfall of the Galactic Republic, Jedi Order, and Separatist Movement, and commanded complete control over the Galactic Empire and the Dark Side of the Force. He was the ultimate double agent, parading among his powerful enemies without suspicion. He appeared the benevolent elected leader while masterfully plotting the demise of everything god. Thus "to palpatine" means that one controls a situation completely and can bring about whatever results he desires without anyone being aware.
Emperor Palpatine from Star Wars orchestrated the Clone Wars, the downfall of the Galactic Republic, Jedi Order, and Separatist Movement, and commanded complete control over the Galactic Empire and the Dark Side of the Force. He was the ultimate double agent, parading among his powerful enemies without suspicion. He appeared the benevolent elected leader while masterfully plotting the demise of everything god. Thus "to palpatine" means that one controls a situation completely and can bring about whatever results he desires without anyone being aware.
It can applied to trivial situations as well.
Fred: "Dude, did you hear Jeff and Andrea broke up?"
Winston: "Yeah, that was all Clara's doing. She manipulated their emotions and aggravated the conflict so that she could get with Jeff."
Fred: "She totally palpatined them!!"
Fred: "Dude, did you hear Jeff and Andrea broke up?"
Winston: "Yeah, that was all Clara's doing. She manipulated their emotions and aggravated the conflict so that she could get with Jeff."
Fred: "She totally palpatined them!!"
by Astrapto August 29, 2009
Get the palpatinemug. An acronym for "In my incumbent opinion." It's a way of stating that your opinion is not absolute or substantially entrenched in your mind. It could change, under proper circumstances or with different information.
See also imo and imho.
See also imo and imho.
by Astrapto June 1, 2011
Get the imiomug. A person skilled in statusry.
Characterized by their postage of insightful, helpful, or valuable status updates on facebook.
Characterized by their postage of insightful, helpful, or valuable status updates on facebook.
That girl just summarized the major trends of F. Scott Fitzgerald's works in just a sentence, with proper and clear grammar. What a statustician!
by Astrapto June 9, 2011
Get the statusticianmug. n. Combination of "school", and "apocalypse".
The end of the school year, when students must rush to avoid the consequences of their procrastination. The event is oft-accompanied by weeping, gnashing of teeth, etc.
The end of the school year, when students must rush to avoid the consequences of their procrastination. The event is oft-accompanied by weeping, gnashing of teeth, etc.
"Have you seen Miriam lately?" "Nope, she is preparing for schoolpocalypse by putting in all-nighters now. That way she is all rested by the time exams and presentations come up.
by Astrapto May 10, 2011
Get the schoolpocalypsemug. The art of making facebook statuses that are valuable to your friends and not annoying.
A practicer of statusry is a statustician.
A practicer of statusry is a statustician.
"97% won't repost this" because it's an awful example of statusry. I bet you have individual ideas to express, creatively and clearly.
by Astrapto June 9, 2011
Get the statusrymug. The act or practice of fixing existing problems in an application without
ever notifying users/testers that they were there.
ever notifying users/testers that they were there.
Junior dev: "I just found a JavaScript error in my application, and managed to fix it before the QA testers found it!"
Senior dev: "Man, that's a bad idea. Development by Secrecy will bite you in the butt eventually."
Senior dev: "Man, that's a bad idea. Development by Secrecy will bite you in the butt eventually."
by Astrapto May 26, 2016
Get the development by secrecymug.