The FIRST Devil's Dictionary

[Kevin Leonard]

Swerve Drive (n.) - a set of mechanisms to ensure the robot will sit dead on the field for half of that robot's first event

[TheBoulderite]

Sandstorm (n) A song played by the DJ to torture the crowd. Closely associated with the Chicken Dance.

Waterloo Regional (n) A contest to determine which lucky team gets to hitch a ride with OP and Simbotics.

[Christopher149]

Chicken Dance (n.) The official dance of team 217 ThunderChickens.

[Insanity000]

YMCA (n.) A song frequently played at FIRST events, especially in the common occurrence of a FMS crash.

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Dan Petrovic

Autonomous Mode (n): A moment of silence observed prior to every Week 1 or Week 2 match.

Bravo

[rsisk]

Andy Baker (n.) > Chuck Norris

Mecanum Wheel (n.) Meh' can um A type of wheel rejected by most. Revised 2015 1. Must have wheel for Recycle Rush 2. Key component of Andy Baker's retirement plan

[tindleroot]

Beattie (n.) - (Almost) every team's excuse for why they did not win in the early '00s. See Also: BEAST

[Insanity000]

Defense (n.) A role typically given to robots who can't do much more than drive. 2015 Revision Defense? What defense?

[BenGuy]

Originally Posted by BigJ

Finished (adj.) - the state of a robot, system, or component that appears to be mechanically complete, before any software is tested.

But not actually finished

[dodar]

Simbot SS (n) - The standard of yearly robot success

[BenGuy]

pro·gram·mer
ˈprōˌɡramər/
noun

A person who inputs pizza, pop, and electronic music and outputs computer programs.

[dodar]

Originally Posted by BenGuy

pro·gram·mer
ˈprōˌɡramər/
noun

A person who inputs pizza, pop, and electronic music and outputs computer programs.

pro·gram·mer
ˈprōˌɡramər/
noun

A person who inputs pizza, soda, and electronic music and outputs computer programs.


The Southern version.

[techhelpbb]

Originally Posted by dodar

pro·gram·mers

The people on a FIRST team responsible for all robot dysfunction:

unplugged - programming problem
falling apart - programming problem
smoking - programming problem

See also T800 - the eventual solution from the programming team for all the other parts of the team - which eventually results in the programmers being responsible for our new robot overlords . Let's blame it on the pizza and soda.

[DonRotolo]

Victor (n): An electronic device used sacrificially to prevent damage to a Fuse. Often also used to collect metal swarf. See also Jaguar.

[kristinweiss]

Bumper (n.)- An assembly of wood, fabric, and pool noodles that is more challenging to build than a 120 pound robot

Pizza (n.)- the energy source that fuels engineers