Sunday 2 October 2011

A brief lexicon of solar car

Some of the words we use on this blog might not be entirely familiar to you. Some of you might even be scratching your heads and wondering, "Don't these kids speak English?" To alleviate some of your confusion, here are a few key solar car words:

--Beast (verb): To complete a project, come hell or high water. When beast mode is engaged, your work will be done, and it doesn't matter how many bones you've broken in the last week, how many cans of energy drinks you have to leave crumpled in your wake, or how few hours you have to sleep to get it done.
Example usage: "Paul beasted the motor in 40 hours of nonstop machining." "Xenith has arrived. Engage beast mode!"

--Derp (verb): The opposite of beast. Someone who is derping is not doing useful work, and is often avoiding work. For instance, I'm derping by writing this blog post.

Derp can also be an expression of boredom. If someone is standing around with nothing to do, they might simply say "derp." It's a negation--a lack of meaning.

Derp is so flexible that it means something different in the past tense. Someone who has derped has messed something up, generally in a stupid way or by not thinking about what they are doing.

That's all for now--I encourage you to never use these words in normal conversation, for they are strangely addictive. I'll post more words as I see fit, or if I see an egregiously incomprehensible post on this website.

Cheers!
Zanzibar

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