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How about:

Safety (n):

1. Conditions and/or procedures which reduce the likelihood of injuring personnel or damaging equipment.
2. An award at FRC events which some teams think will go to teams who put up posters with lots of yellow and orange, have mascots wearing hard hats and orange vests, and yell Robot! a lot. Sometimes the judges think so, too.
3. A means of scoring defensive points in the mythical upcoming American football-based game.
4. A robot assigned a defensive role in the aforementioned game.

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I apologize for any excess snark below.

RI3D (n): Robot In 3 Days. An annual reminder that we are all just slackers. See cheat sheet.

Spirit award (n): When FIRST congratulates the team who most enthusiastically blocks everyone’s view in the stands. See participation ribbon.

Kit of parts drivetrain (n): Antithesis to mecanum; A simple, sensible drivetrain configuration that you can actually win with.

LabVIEW (n): That language you always thought was too geeky for you until you realized how great it looked without those braces and big ugly classes.

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Free time (n.) _______________________ Read as: "Undefined"

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RoboRIO (n.) A device used to store metal shavings from elsewhere on the robot.

Drive Practice (n.) A time set aside for the drive team to watch the programmers debug code.

Tether (n.) An Ethernet cable noted for its ability to tangle itself when left unsupervised.

Zip tie (n.) The standard fastener used on FRC robots.

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But then you realized it compiled way to slowly and could easily overload the CPU...

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12V solenoid (n.): An expensive paperweight because the PCM is always set for 24V.

24V solenoid (n.): An expensive paperweight because the PCM is always set for 12V.

Robot Inspector (n.): A nice man who takes care of Curious George.

Serpentine Draft (n.): A systematic procedure used to encourage teams to be the 24th best team at the event.

SmartDashbord (n.): A convenient place to put a lot of information that the drivers will never look at.

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Safety Adviser (n.) Person in a green polo shirt whose job often appears to be to force teams to use the LEAST safe way of doing any given work in the pits.

Pit Admin (n.) That voice in your head telling you to report to queuing, you are in the next match.

Queuing Team (n., plural) Cat herders, traffic directors, and "that's the exit gate" group.

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Anodizing Black (v.) A process which instantly gives a product superior performance.

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We have 4 OP robotics "definitions" and counting

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Acrylic (n.): A cheaper "replacement" for lexan. Can be identified by a lack of a blue sheen, or more commonly by it's tendency to crack/shatter when actually used on the robot, especially after last minute pit repairs using materials given by neighboring pit. See lexan.

Lexan (n.): A very strong, clear material. Despite it's high costs, it is claimed to be in many pits at competitions; if needed a neighboring pit will have a scrap of "such" for you to use. See acrylic.

Sick day (n.): A day during build season when one takes off due to illness. On this day, any major project that they had been working on for at least a week will be tested by somebody, often a mentor, who has no idea how you intended it to be used. May result in cracked welds, ruined precision machined surfaces/bores, and/or lost magic smoke.


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The first one actually happened to me in 2010, due to a dead (shattered) ball intake, we needed to cover a hole to prevent the 3" ball intrusion rule from applying. That fix with what was supposedly "lexan" lasted, um, one match before getting cracked clean in half.

The last one also is a true story, my freshman year (2008) while I had the flu a mentor incorrectly connected my IR interface board to the KOP IR receiver board (for hybrid period) and fried the receiver, after stocks of said board were no longer available! No hybrid for us that year. :(

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Snow Day (n.): The reason the New England District can't have nice things.

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and for some reason mistakenly believes their badge earns them access to the field.

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Media Team (n): 1) The reason the slogan "More than Robots" was invented; 2) Those who blind with flashes; 3) Land of punishment for bad builders (IE. If you don't stop stripping those screws, I'm going to put you on the Media Team.)

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Human Player (n.): The most important/useless member of the drive team.

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Safety - (verb) 1. To shout ROBOT! ROBOT! ROBOT! when transporting a carted robot through the pits regardless of the noise or number of pedestrians around.
Did he really have to safety in my ear? I'm going to go deaf.
2. To create litter by plastering homemade signs on every surface that fits an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.
They really safety'd all over this place. I doubt we'll be able to clean up these Wear your glasses signs in less than a day.
3. To remind people to wear Personal Protective Equipment correctly.
I had to safety those freshmen when I saw their forehead protectors.