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USAMO

A difficult, prestigious math competition for the students with the top AMC + AIME schools in the United States. Simply qualifying for the exam means that you're among the best in the nation.

Thomas Jefferson of Science and Technology has more USAMO qualifiers than any other school in the United States.

by inquilinekea June 24, 2005

26πŸ‘ 6πŸ‘Ž


Schrodinger's Cat

A hypothetical cat that is simultaneously dead and alive because we don't know whether the nuclear particle has decayed or not, releasing the trigger that kills the cat. Used as an example that quantum mechanics is completely absurd when we look at it from a mundane perspective.

Schrodinger didn't test this experiment on a cat.

by inquilinekea June 24, 2005

109πŸ‘ 18πŸ‘Ž


Confucius

The man whose teachings are indirectly responsible for the pressures that Asian parents impose on their children

AznNerd93: omg my parents told me to break up with my girlfriend for the sake of filial piety due to this Confucius dude

by inquilinekea June 16, 2007

71πŸ‘ 41πŸ‘Ž


explorer.exe

It likes crashing on you.

Terry's computer desktop crashed. And since he didn't know how to kill and restart explorer.exe with the task manager, he had to reboot his computer

by inquilinekea December 4, 2009


pick me up potion

slang for amphetamines, modafinil, or other stimulants

i need to cram for my quantum mechanics midterm; ugh, im gonna take massive amounts of pick me up potion

by inquilinekea March 24, 2010

4πŸ‘ 3πŸ‘Ž


REU

Research Experiences for Undergraduates - insanely competitive research programs funded by the National Science Foundation and held in university campuses all across the nation.

Bill got into a REU. OMG he must have had gone to RSI!

by inquilinekea April 26, 2005

22πŸ‘ 10πŸ‘Ž


wild goose chase

when you've killed all but one of your enemy's units (in a RTS game) and the last of the enemy's units is roaching around, possibly in your base killing your workers, until your enemy sees that you've sent your entire army at his last unit and consequently runs his last unit around the map, leading your 50 unit army on a wild goose chase for 30 minutes until he abruptly resigns when your army closes in on his unit.

OMG, I thought I won the game, but his last light cavalry was harassing my economy and I had to send my entire army to lead a wild goose chase after that last light cavalry unit for 30 minutes - and then that bastard resigned just when his light cavalry fell into my ambush.

by inquilinekea August 22, 2008

9πŸ‘ 25πŸ‘Ž