FIRST Dictionary of Mispronounced Words and Strange Phrases

[mftaberner]

This thread lists all the mispronounced words during the build season. The true definition follows the word.

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Automonous - Not controlled by others or by outside forces; independent.

Oscilator - a device that uses a cathode-ray tube or similar instrument to depict on a screen periodic changes in an electric quantity, as voltage or current.

Initiation - the format of sectors on the surface of a hard disk drive so that the operating system can access them and setting a starting position

Fas - not true or correct

Demominator - Arithmetic. that term of a fraction, usually written under the line, that indicates the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided; divisor.

Profesional Gracism - Gracious Proffesionalism

Sposicious - openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.

Moose Flaps - A random term for loading ramps.

Inheriteded - To receive.

"The Bunny has emerged" - ?!

[Jaime65]

I’d Like To Add A Word To The List This Is A Commonly Mispronounced Word

Potentiometer (Po·Ten·Ti·Om·E·Ter) - An Instrument For Measuring An Unknown Voltage By Comparison To A Standard Voltage.

Many People Pronounce It As Pah·Ten·Ti·Om·E·Ter

[Cynette]

Originally Posted by mftaberner

This thread lists all the mispronounced words during the build season. The true definition follows the word.

I think it would be more fun to make up definitions for the new word created from the mispronunciations...

Automonous - n. the frequent sound made by a team member not wearing a watch. ex: Do you know automonous? May also be pronounced Au-to moan-us to represent the sound the team makes when the robot malfunctions during the first 15 seconds of the match.

Profesional Gracism - n. the blessing said before Robotics competitions begin.

Sposicious - adj. describing the team member who always has another idea and starts every sentence with "S'pose we do this..."

Originally Posted by mftaberner

"The Bunny has emerged" - ?!

What is with the bunny reference? Just yesterday my son had a dilemma and I asked him what the worst thing was that could happen to him as a result. His answer - They could send me to the bunny farm!

[mftaberner]

Here are some more mispronunciations
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jajajaja - laughing in Spanish

Steph - to shove into

Prezision - acurate

Figoring - trying to understand

[Re]Firse - Backwards?

[Doney_585]

Who's the idiot that misspelled professionalism?

[Cynette]

Originally Posted by Doney_585

Who's the idiot that misspelled professionalism?

Ah, the jab of a fellow teammate! Play nice please. I actually thought the misspelling was done on purpose as it fit in well with the theme of the thread, so I chose to ignore it.

[mftaberner]

Doney, you typed the "proffesionalism" up for me.

[Cody Carey]

I would just like to point out that the word is not "allianced", It is allied. You have no Idea how much that bothers me at regionals.

Ex.)

WRONG: "Next we are allianced with team 306"
CORRECT: "Next we are allied with team 306"

[neo]

Originally Posted by mftaberner

Moose Flaps - A random term for loading ramps.


"The Bunny has emerged" - ?!

I can explain these.

Along with being webmaster, I also do the electronics. I had just finished labeling all the spike relays and had started wiring up the victors. One spike is labeled "A&M Sol.", being that it controls the solenoid that shifts the AndyMark Shifter (Tangent that relates to the story: I have named all the electrical and mechanical components on the robot. The shifters ended up being Andy and Mark.) One of our mentors (Lurch, Northrop Grumman) asked what the label meant, and criticized me for it: "You should relay the information to the rest of the team when you label it like that. If I were to secretly name the wings on the B-2 the Moose, it just wouldn't make sense if I were to say that the Moose flaps have a lot of drag."

At this point, I'm on the floor. I turned from red to blue and eventually went back to wiring. The ramps from then on have been called the "Moose Flaps".

"The Bunny has emerged" has to do with the same mentor (Lurch) and the ramps kind of. Stan from Scaled Composites in Mojave brought a Tyvek suit with the ramps so we could cut and drill them without getting carbon fiber embedded in our skin/clothes. For some reason the suit had been called a bunny suit. Lurch puts it on, cuts some stuff, and gets out of the suit screaming, "THE BUNNY HAS EMERGED!!"

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by neo

One of our mentors (Lurch, Northrop Grumman, works on the B-2) asked what the label meant, and criticized me for it: "You should relay the information to the rest of the team when you label it like that. If I were to secretly name the wings on the B-2 the Moose, it just wouldn't make sense if I were to say that the Moose flaps have a lot of drag."

Any mentor named Lurch shouldn't complain about what you call parts of your robot!

[Doney_585]

I have a randome quote to add that I'm sure all of u have heard.
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"Too less sleep" - me

[Steven_585]

jajajaja - laughing in Spanish

Steph - to shove into

Prezision - acurate

Figoring - trying to understand

[Re]Firse - Backwards?

Sposicious - openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.

Oscilator - a device that uses a cathode-ray tube or similar instrument to depict on a screen periodic changes in an electric quantity, as voltage or current.

Initiation - the format of sectors on the surface of a hard disk drive so that the operating system can access them and setting a starting position

Fas - not true or correct

Demominator - Arithmetic. that term of a fraction, usually written under the line, that indicates the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided; divisor.

The words above originated from mostly one of the programmers, as the other two programmers and I were programming the robot too late into the night with a lack of sleep and food. or maybe too much food?!


And don't forget. "Betty the Awesome Panda". (Again, Lurch's words) As the arm on he bot was being tested One team member, Dan, was playing with some white board markers and was annoying Lurch (I believe) and was scolded: "Bad Panda!" which somehow evolved into "Betty the Awesome Panda".
I think it originated earlier that day but I was off in another room programming.

[DonRotolo]

Randome - a semi-sperical something somewhere.

How about "walla" or "wah-lah" - a mis-spelllled french term used as an exclamation to inspire awe. (Viola)

[DonRotolo]

Can't edit that last post, but here's a recent example.

[Tristan Lall]

Originally Posted by Don Rotolo

Viola

No!

Originally Posted by Doug G

whala

No!

It's voilà!