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In a teamwork situation, an extremely irrational person, who takes charge of a project through sheer force of will rather than competence and leads it in a direction which guarantees failure.
Background: The Don Quixote of literature had a tendency to do extraordinarily stupid things without thinking them through. But people were loathe to try and stop him on account of his being a few cans short of a six pack.
I am officially referring to my project leader as "Don Quixote" from this point on. She's got the idea in her head that she, rather than the boss, defines the project KPIs. I'm going along with it because a good performance appraisal is not worth the next few months of my life being made a living hell by that crazy-ass bitch!
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To slash something.
That is, take an existing work of fiction and add or imply a homosexual subtext to it. Some do it because they find it amusing. Others do it because they find it arousing.
Most common targets for slashing are the Harry Potter and Lord Of The Rings books and movies. Macho movies, especially 'Top Gun' and 'Fight Club' are also favoured targets of this activity.
#1: I love slashing the Lord Of The Rings movies. I know it's all about friendship but the way the actors play Sam/Frodo and Aragorn/Legolas I simply can't believe it's platonic.
#2: For the love of all that is holy will you STOP slashing Shindler's List!
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A phrase/meme which is common on, or originated from, 4chan.
Common examples of 4chanisms are: O RLY?, harbl, shoop da woop and rule 34
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You are being screwed.
Background: In any parliamentary system the only thing all the parties have in common is an interest in screwing over the people who voted them in. As a result, if they're agreeing on anything, it's almost certainly not in your interest.
Today the "orphans, puppies and kittens bill" was passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, allowing all tax evaders to be shot on sight without due process.
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A programmer who insists upon writing user-hostile code, simply because it's easier to do and doesn't want to admit their own lazyness and contempt for end users.
Most (but not all) Linux programmers are Trabant Builders.
Background: Communist East Germany produced a car called the Trabant. By some accounts it was an engineering marvel, as it could be built and taken apart using only 3 or 5 spanners. However, it was a rather pathetic car and nobody in their right mind drove one by choice.
D00d1: I wanted to make an AMV using Kino, but it turns out it's only compatible with one single codec. When I asked why he did that, he said it was easier to program and should change it myself if I'm not happy.
D00d2: Whoa! What a Trabant Builder!
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1: Software that serves no useful purpose, but impairs the function of your computer, often due to using up RAM. Unlike spyware or malware this is just due to poor design rather than malicious intent.
2: Software designed to make computers easier for lusers to use, but ends up teaching them bad habits which cause them to wreck their computer or otherwise make using it more difficult than it needs to be.
Much of the "bonus" software that comes pre-installed with home computers sold by major manufacturers tends to fit one or both definitions of "retardware".
Translation from scientist to normal person speak: We honestly have no fucking idea.
Sometimes, even scientists don't know what's going on. At times like that they tend to act like everyone else, which is that they assume the most popular idea must be correct. Unfortunately, this is sophistry, not science.
Dr John Snow, I am tired of your incessant prattling about Cholera being a water-born disease! There is a scientific consensus that it is spread by a miasma and that is final!
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