Interesting Undefinable Words & Phrases

[Shambles]

So our new kitten Uno is currently obsessed with the toggles on Sadie’s raincoat and hoodies.

Fortunately, she had a rogue toggle that was rubbing on her leg in painful fashion. Thusly she cut it off and gave it to him as a plaything which he has a whale of a time with now.

Throughout this period it occurred to me that despite knowing exactly what a toggle is, I’d really struggle to explain it.

Thread material, I thought.

So what words or phrases that you know perfectly well their meaning would you struggle to define for someone who didn’t?

 

[SoCalShordie]

ooh I’ve got many of these lol.

 

[Electrum1]

Zero

 

[Ki3ly]

BART

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is a heavy-rail public transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area across Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties.


BART system ... not Bart Simpson.


Trivia connection is a good one though.




Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. He was given up for adoption when his mom was unwed. And her
affair skedaddled.

Mona, Steve Jobs' sister, was raised by her mother and stepfather, George Simpson (taking the Simpson surname), and did not meet Steve until they were adults in 1986.

The Simpsons was created by Matt Groening.
The Connection to Mona Simpson.

The Name Inspiration: The character Mona Simpson (Homer Simpson's mother) was named after Mona Simpson.
The Family Link: Mona Simpson is the biological sister of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
The Writer Link: Mona Simpson was married to Richard Appel, a writer and producer who worked on The Simpsons and named Homer's mother after her.


Steve Jobs. Born in San Francisco, California on February 24, 1955.
Upbringing: Raised by his adoptive parents, Paul and Clara Jobs, in Mountain View and Los Altos, California—an area in the South Bay that became the heart of Silicon Valley.
Education & Early Career: Attended Cupertino Middle School and Homestead High School in Cupertino, California, before co-founding Apple Computer with Steve Wozniak in his parents' garage.

~~~~~

Steve Jobs unknowingly met his biological father, Abdulfattah "John" Jandali, at a restaurant in Silicon Valley that Jandali managed.

The Encounters: Jobs frequently dined at the restaurant and even shook Jandali's hand. At the time, neither one knew they were father and son.
The Aftermath: Jandali later recalled Jobs as a "sweet guy and a big tipper," still unaware of the connection.
Jobs would leave 100 dollar bill tips at times.
No Reconnection: Jobs learned about his biological father years later through his biological mother and sister (novelist Mona Simpson), but he chose never to contact Jandali.


BART System always reminded me of Bart Simpson. I always liked the BART system and it's really great though. It all worked so smooth.

 

[Ki3ly]

WoW

 

[Electrum1]

Ki3ly

 

[Ki3ly]

1

 

[Ki3ly]

Can .. a part.

Parts Cannibalization: Taking salvageable parts from a broken machine or vehicle to repair another unit.

Block, Gasket; because the other was blown oh and not to mention the catalytic converters, winky winks.

 

[Ki3ly]

Ki3ly

 

[Robi]

Lollygagging is not taking a sucker and deep throating it,though I often lollygag.

 

[Electrum1]

Let's get on track here. What does zero mean? If the absence of everything is zero, then is zero nothing? If zero IS nothing, then being nothing is actually being something because now "nothing" exists? And that specific something that exists, is nothing, which is zero, so zero exists as something

 

[chippermonk]

Let's get on track here. What does zero mean? If the absence of everything is zero, then is zero nothing? If zero IS nothing, then being nothing is actually being something because now "nothing" exists? And that specific something that exists, is nothing, which is zero, so zero exists as something

Difficult to define but I'd say you made a very good stab at it

 

[Electrum1]

It's like "nothing" existing. No universe, no whatever. But "nothing" still exists, so at least one thing exists, which is nothing, which is something

 

[Electrum1]

For us to even define nothing, creates something

 

[Electrum1]

There is no "real" zero. No absolute absence of everything. No matter what, something exists, even if it's nothing that exists

 

[Ki3ly]

0 is a Scam


Add zero to anything and it becomes a scam


million
billion
trillionaire

 

[Ki3ly]

 

[Ki3ly]

Empty

 

[Ki3ly]

edit : so if you think you might be having a bad day.

 

[Jnowhere]

Let's get on track here. What does zero mean? If the absence of everything is zero, then is zero nothing? If zero IS nothing, then being nothing is actually being something because now "nothing" exists? And that specific something that exists, is nothing, which is zero, so zero exists as something

Are you trying to be deep, and philosophical, .
That's like when you discuss all those ridiculous gourmet foods you buy, lol.

Zero means zero; and therefore is a representation of something that is not there.

It can also be a part of large or small number.

It can also be used to describe to describe how attractive Hillary Clinton is. She is a Zero.

It can have many uses.