Friday, September 28, 2007
Tribology
Tribology is the study of friction, lubrication and wear and tear on machine parts. Well, well, well. Nothing like the meanings invented by the esteemed word imps today, but interesting nevertheless. I think that word could come handy in a pub quiz some day! Oddly enough for a word starting with "tri", all three contestants on the poll gained the same number of votes today. So all three are winners. Congratulations to Sprite, The Encourager and Realityjunkie.
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Ooh, clever Wordimp, 'trebol' is the Spanish for clover.
However, tribology (n.) describes the 'studies' undertaken by obsessive pub quiz players in their desperation to win, win, win and be recognised as a great intellect.
Tribologists can always be recognised by the 'test your own general knowledge' style books that they permanently carry around with them. In recent years many have evolved beyond the pub quiz and now their biggest dream is to win the jackpot when starring on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?'.
Tribology is practised in a distant tropical land of male dominated paradise. Tribologists are fortunate in that they have three wives. Thereby they can slob about eating grapes and potato chips getting fat while one wife does the housework, one is pregnant and one goes to work.
Bit chauvanistic eh?
Sub-sub discipline of anthropology concerned with the various structures of and between tribes.
Tribology is the name of the crossword puzzle found in the Toronto Tribune on the 1st Tuesday of every month. Every word in the puzzle starts with a T and ends with a Y, such as today, taffy, tiny...you get the idea. The puzzle's creator, Trinity Torbay, is a big financial contributor to the Trib, or they would have canceled the puzzle after its 1st appearance, which garnered a lot of mail from irritated subscribers.
Tribology - the classification, study, and practice of games involving threes (i.e. three-legged races, over-the-line, shell games, and three card monte)
Tribology is another word for the study of campaign structure and management, it is founded on the three pillars of politics; the candidate, the public, and the spin-makers. Tribologists have invented words like "gravitas" and "Potus". Tribologists who worked for the Clinton administration wrote the popular series "The West Wing".
The phrase was coined in a popular Washington watering hole. A spin-doctor was talking to another spin-doctor.
"Yeah, they've got two balls, but now you need three to win"
"Tri-ball," snorted the other.
"Tribolists, that's what we are," the first replied.
"Hey, we're not bullshit artists." He rose his glass in the air with an air of seriousness. "We practice tribology."
Tribology: A form of biology that studies the manner of existence of tribal groups in different parts of the world.
Tribology is the study of furry animals that reproduce in alarming numbers, such as bunnies or mice.
Tribology is a sub topic of eschatology ,which is a branch of theology concerned with the final events in the history of the world or of humankind.
Tribology deals with the time and place of the event identified in scripture as the Tribulation.
All budding pop musicians learn tribology early in their careers. It is simply the study of how to imitate successful artists. Tribute bands are an example of those who have dedicated themselves to an in-depth study of tribology. The other (increasingly common) expression of this is the cover song.
Tribology is the phenomenon of bad things happening in threes.
Have you ever noticed that if 2 famous people die within a week or 2 you can almost count on another one dying shortly after. Same thing with catastrophic events, almost always happen in threes.
Tribology is the study of Star Trek creatures and monsters, derives from the episode 'The Trouble With Tribbles', one of the classics I'm sure all Trekkies would have to agree!
Tribology: The study of the best method to increase the birth of triplets naturally...no cloning - no drugs. Involves an exacting sequence of dates, times, moon phases, temperatures (his, hers, and the bedroom), ingestion of certain herbal teas, and the application of a variety of creams and jelly's.
Training is given on how to achieve the Herligenkalender positon without dizziness or nausea. (If the couple completes the course, they receive a 10% discount on all required equipment.)
The efficacy of the follow-up bath in warm Seven-Up is still being debated by the experts.
Tribol: 'Tri' meaning three and 'bol' being short for the South American word 'bola' (an entangling war implement)
Fearing evolutionary supremacy, the Tribol was used by the early indigenous tribes of South America to eradicate the entirety of a growing number of three legged humans.
Some still remain however, spawning their talents in adult film.
(And Thankyou for the win with CHAD.)
Tribology:
The study of cooking pork ribs.
This is a new trend started in Texas where they have 101 different ways of cooking them.
Tribology is the study of Tribbles, of course. It's not a word heard much outside Star Trek conventions.
Tribology is the study of the delivery of new information within a tribe or family. It is believed that there is a hierarchy that exists, the tribiarch is the family member that most often conveys any news within the tribe. Very important information can often have a ripple affect with many members delivering the same news.
"I received four calls this morning, the first of course from my Grandma...the family tribiarch, to tell me that there is a new baby girl in the family!"
***CONGRATULATIONS T.M.F. ,K. AND S. *** :)
Sandy Shoes is actually correct - it is to do with tribbles.
A tribble is a wire net that is used to dry paper. Tribology is a very specific branch of material science concerned with the effects of wetting and drying paper.
Tribologists can make good money in the R&D departments of companies who make sanitary products such toilet paper and kitchen towels.
i think this ones obvious...
tribos(tribes) and logos(science)
so tribology is study of different tribes
Tribology is the study and science of how people attempt to learn new games and sports that involve balls and other spherical objects.
Many good meanings here. :)
Tribology is the study of the extended family. How three generations can get along under one roof.
Tribology is the study of book trilogies and of the art of writing them. Including those cases when a trilogy is more then three books.
Stephen from Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
http://stephen-has-spoken.blogspot.com/
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