A fork of Rural Dictionary
A COG terror is somebody who has bad centre of gravity (COG) from perhaps drunkenness or one leg being shorter than another. They pose a problem to other folk due to bad balance and to the fact that they may keep walloping into their acquaintance/friend.
John: God, Michael,do you remember last night at all?
Michael: Partly. Why?
John: Well when I walked you home in your drunk state, not only were you trying to make out with me but you were a total COG terror!
n., v., When someone excites your intellect with their acute and powerful knowledge and ability but does so over text so you can't fully engage in a conversation and explore a topic. Then, proceeds to never agree to have a phone conversation, voice chat, or meet over coffee leaving you cognitively in need.
Wow, Steve is texting me about material deposition and electron flow and I would love to have an efficient discussion and enjoy his company, oh crap, this huge cog tease just made me have an aneurysm.
To shift down a gear to increase acceleration
"Drop a cog and floor it!"
out of a 30 zone into a 60
a minor person in a larger organization
If it were not for my technical knowledge I would be just another cog in the machine.
Pronounced cog-nack.
Americanized mispronunciation of the French word cognac.
Cog Nack is how many Americans pronounce cognac.
Uncultured American: Hey, I got a new bottle of XO cog nack.
Cultured person: It's cognac!
Acceptance of many forms of Steampunk. Being open-minded and/or inclusive to the variations steampunk comes in.
Western Steampunk, Victorian steampunk, Edwardian steampunk, Steamfunk, WWI steampunk, and Eastern steampunk being welcomed at a convention are all examples of this.
Saying to someone, "that's not steampunk because it isn't brown, has no gears, (or whatever else you can think of)" is NOT cog acceptance.