Sniglets

[alithanar8]

Swisscheeseafy - Cutting holes in the robot to decrease weight

[paulcd2000]

REPossesed: when someone on chief delphi takes away all the rep that they had given you previously.

[KenWittlief]

NightVision: when you wake up in the middle of the night and you see the answer to the problem that has been eluding you all day. Usually happens during a competition.

Lobbying: sitting in the hotel lobby at 4am with your laptop computer, implementing your NightVison code updates, so you dont wake up your roommate.

Breakgorge: stuffing food in your face at the hotel buffet like a ravenous beast, because you are starving after Lobbying all night, and you cant wait to get back in the pits to try your NightVision Revisions.

[KenWittlief]

Snorked: a state of being, consisting of walking around at a regional in a sleep deprived fog because your roomate snored all night like a Shop Vac sucking down BUCKETS OF WARM JELLO! Usage: Whats wrong with Ken? Did he fall off the bus? No, he's Snorked!

Snork-apnea: spontainiouslyfalling asleep face first in your pizza at lunch because your roomate snored all night like a Shop VAC sucking down BUCKETS OF WARM JELLO through a SCUBA DIVERS SNORKEL - AGAIN!

Snorkaphobe: someone who cannot pay attention during the kickoff event because they are already obsessing over who will be their roomate at the regional, and whether or not they will end up getting SNORKED AGAIN THIS YEAR!

Eleparty: getting stuck in an elevator designed for 10 people, with 18 of your best friends for 2 hours, and making the best of it cause you aint going nowhere till the Otis guy arrives.

[Koko Ed]

Noose File - the foolish act of posting incriminating acts via video, pictures or text on line of students doing something destructive or stupid in the shop, at the hotel or at the competitions without their mentors knowledge but now that they have indisputable proof they can punish them accordingly.

[paulcd2000]

FIRST-itis: when something that happens during robotics causes you to be unable to do something (lack of sleep, cuts, lack of social skills etc.) Usage: My son is unable to come to school. Why? He has FIRST-itis.

[Andrew Blair]

Gr-ease- The theology that any mechanical problem may be fixed with the proper amount of grease.

[Pat Fairbank]

Bit-chifting - The incessant whining of a programmer.

[CmptrGk]

floundered: the state when your programmer realizes what the mistake has been all along, and the repeatedly hits their head into the nearest metal/cement object.(it must look like a flopping fish)

[Tazlikesrobots]

Toolneisa - Setting a tool down and forgettingwhere you left it.

Partneisa - Same as above but with parts.

[DHarris]

IFItis - the disease that results from spending serveral non-stop hours programming your robot

[Taylor]

Unzipping - what happens when you realize all the cable ties are wrong
Spark Marks - those lovely little holes you get in your pants when welding
"Hey y'all, watch this!" - Words that should never be uttered in the lab
Ball of Justice - the original poof that came in the KoP that looks more like a dirty, deformed snowball than a poof ball now
Getting Justified - being hit by the Ball of Justice for doing something stupid, usually following a "Hey y'all, watch this!" moment
Declassified - when a freshman or first-year member outsmarts a veteran
Reclassified - a veteran putting the freshman in his place; see "Getting Justified"

[Koko Ed]

Red Krispy Kreams - The numerous hints Dave Lavery puts online to throw everyone off of what he's really up to.

[Tazlikesrobots]

Tumor - Having an extra pair

Barium - What the undertaker does at the cementary

[DHarris]

Cramnesia - The result of attempting to get everything done last minute, which causes you to forget what you were doing in the first place.

Shin Sprints - When one tries to run as fast as they can to out-maneuver a robot that's heading straight for them.

CraBOOM! - The sound made when 25 pounds of robot smashes into a concrete wall at about 30 mph.

Spoof Ball - the knock-off brand Poof balls that we bought just to test out the basket.

Danadontdothatagain! - The other sound made when 25 pounds of robot smashes into a concrete wall at about 30 mph

Showbot - A robot that looks pretty good, but doesn't do anything (also known as a $6000 piece of furniture)