inquilinekea's definitions

explorer.exe

It likes crashing on you.

Terry's computer desktop crashed. And since he didn't know how to kill and restart explorer.exe with the task manager, he had to reboot his computer

by inquilinekea December 3, 2009

Confucius

The man whose teachings are indirectly responsible for the pressures that Asian parents impose on their children

AznNerd93: omg my parents told me to break up with my girlfriend for the sake of filial piety due to this Confucius dude

by inquilinekea July 13, 2007

Division by zero

A math joke that has been so overused that it has become a cliche.

"I used division by zero and my paper gone into flames."

Not funny anymore..

by inquilinekea February 14, 2007

USAMO

A difficult, prestigious math competition for the students with the top AMC + AIME schools in the United States. Simply qualifying for the exam means that you're among the best in the nation.

Thomas Jefferson of Science and Technology has more USAMO qualifiers than any other school in the United States.

by inquilinekea July 15, 2008

the sims

An ingenious attempt by Maxis to make money by making so many expansion packs that people somehow cannot resist buying. Has a larger market than any other computer game as it's a game where both hardcore teenage male gamers and normal people can actually relate to.

Buying all of the expansion packs of the game individually would cost hundreds of dollars. Especially for those so impatient that they cannot wait for packs to merge the expansion packs together.

by inquilinekea July 3, 2005

GRE

Graduate Record Examination. Yeah, even if you're done with high school, the Collegeboard will still torment you with the GRE if you want to get into graduate school. While the main GRE test is very similar to the SAT, there are also subject-based GRE tests. For inexplicable reasons, most graduate schools still require them even though research and GPA are FAR MORE IMPORTANT.

Grrr, Marie has to take the GRE Saturday instead of admiring the Schrodinger equation.

by inquilinekea July 3, 2005

Collegeconfidential

The forum where overachievers go, where people will do anything to get into Top 15, where people self-study APs, brag about their acceptances/rejections, and complain of getting 790.

That dude's going to self-study AP Physics C, AP Chemistry, AP Microeconomics, and is going to retake his 790 on the SAT II Chemistry. He must have gone to Collegeconfidential!

by inquilinekea April 25, 2005