Sniglets

[nehalita]

this sounds like fun....

roBoutify -- the art of making a robot look more aesthetic

Semi-colon cancer -- the disease received after spending too much time writing lines of programming code

nailed -- what happens when you accidentally aim a piece of metal and the tip of your forefinger instead of the intended object

mistape -- the unintended/accidental videotaping of the robot when it ends up taking off for no reason

afterbath -- the shock received after leaving robotics that arrives while washing yourself in the bathtub

mistrusst -- not believing that the beams of the robot will sufficiently support the robot and withstand outer forces

street-whys -- the quality belonged those who walk down the street wondering why the robot's autonomous code did not work the way they intended it to be

Motored -- what happens to a team that got completely torn apart by an opponents strong drivetrain

that's it for now. the mental juice is running but I'm afraid I'll go on forever

[KenWittlief]

awespectation: deliberately sitting in the row behind your team at the opening ceremony of the championship, because you remember what happened last year when they sang the national anthem, and you dont want your team to see you all misty-eyed with a lump in your throat.

Holepacity: the ability of your cordless drill battery chargers to keep up with the demand for fresh batteries while you continuously drill holes in your robot. Usage: We need to buy two more Bosch drills to increase our holepacity.

Xshrillophone: holding a large diameter piece of metal rod lightly by its center and striking the end (like a giant nail) to make an ultrasonic shrill bell like sound. Usage: Anyone caught playing the Xshrillophone in the pit area will be escorted to the nearest exit.

[paulcd2000]

iMPossibity: when MP lab has an unexplainable or obscure error.

[ida_noeman]

CAMpaign - Physical or mental pain when trying to get the CMU cam to work.

[KenWittlief]

Snigletized: When someone comes up with a sniglet that describes something you do frequently, or a characteristic that you possess.

[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.

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

...your roomate snored all night like a Shop VAC sucking down BUCKETS OF WARM JELLO through a SCUBA DIVERS SNORKEL

I do not!

Sningle - a single room for one who snores (as per above)

[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)

[SarahBecker]

Originally Posted by 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)

It was more than you just banging your head dear. You hit the ground and seriously FLOPPED!! thought it will go down in team 716 history. hehehe.