long long time ago in a land far far away (undergrad), pro prac prof telling a story about demo: "let's whack off a little bit and see how it comes out"
Stephen
A copper flange-pipe, braced, two jubilees, seven
nipples ...
Hugh
Greased?
Stephen
Greased nipples, yeah. Five olive-spantles, jigged
and onioned.
Hugh
Twelve or seventeen mill?
Stephen
Twelve. Metre of fleeling wire, coaxial, twenty UJ's
and a parping couplet.
Hugh
Male or female?
Stephen
Male. No, second thoughts, one of each.
Hugh
Do you want the parping couplet standing proud?
Stephen
No, embarrassed I think.
Hugh
An embarrassed parping couplet. That it?
Stephen
Two rolls of spowling tape.
Hugh
Double-sided?
Stephen
Do they do single-sided?
Hugh
Only in Viennese lengths.
Stephen
Better go with double then. Six sheets of gruddock
paper.
Hugh
Parkinised?
Stephen
No.
Hugh
Right.
Stephen
Nearly there. Four felching pens and a bevelled
spill-trunion.
Hugh
Only got one felching pen left. Got some frotting
pencils though.
Stephen
Will they do?
Hugh
Well, you know the thrush-plate?
Stephen
Yeah.
Hugh
You can use a frotting pencil on that, rude to the
look-out valve on the fumpspoke and you can cut
out the felching altogether. As long as you rim the
satchel-arm properly first.
Stephen
Right. Four frotting pencils then.
Hugh
So, that's it, is it?
Stephen
Yup.
Hugh
You've already got a clip-jawed double lock brace
have you?
Stephen
Do you reckon I'll need one?
Hugh
Well, are you going straight or curved?
Stephen
Straight, then curved.
Hugh
Ah. Well you should be all right then, as long as
you remember to suck the clenching pin tight to
the arc thrust.
I saw a set of drawings where every note saying "stud" had been abbreviated to STD. So, not only did they have to add that to their list of abbreviations (and cause confusion with standard), but they gave the whole building VD. All to save one letter.
Lube cock. I have this site plan of a campus from the 60's and it literally says all over it 4 1/2" lube cock, 8 1/2" lube cock... Apparently they are buried in the lawn all over.
Live load, dead load (yikes), moving load, transient load ("happens to the best of us"), structural load, imposed load, dynamic load, wind load, snow load, seismic load, hydrostatic load, ponding load, environmental load (talking to you hippies), mechanical load and last but not least dust load (for the boomers out there).
Architecture/construction terms that sound dirty
Heard on site at a design build project:
"Cum on the face of this board."
gerbil pad: door gasket
Donky dong...pipe insulation
Dick..paint sprayer draw tube
Dick tracks..lines left by paint roller
Jamb stop..thin trim
Backflow preventer ..spigot sdaptor
Spray tip
Spray gun
Overspray
Screw guard
Head sock
long long time ago in a land far far away (undergrad), pro prac prof telling a story about demo: "let's whack off a little bit and see how it comes out"
ass gasket
Plug mold
Butt joint
Jack Stud
Cockloft ... http://www.dictionary.com/brow...
Stopcock
I love this thread because it makes me feel 11 years old again.
Speaking of which, threaded rod.
Hold-down
(ca. 1992)
citizen: "Boss, Ramsey is on the phone for you."
sarcastic boss: "Poor Ramsey. It must have been terrible to grow up named after a condom."
citizen: "Yeah, I'm sure he was ribbed about it constantly."
sarcastic boss: "Damn you."
What Brits call a queen closer brick, see image, is what we in Holland call a 'paardenlul' which translates as 'horse cock'. You can see why.
Flushed Grollings ... Classic Fry and Laurie
best seen on the youtube
**************************************************
Hugh Help you, sir?
Stephen Um, a dozen grollings please.
Hugh Flushed or galvanised?
Stephen Flushed.
Hugh Right. That be it?
Stephen A copper flange-pipe, braced, two jubilees, seven nipples ...
Hugh Greased?
Stephen Greased nipples, yeah. Five olive-spantles, jigged and onioned.
Hugh Twelve or seventeen mill?
Stephen Twelve. Metre of fleeling wire, coaxial, twenty UJ's and a parping couplet.
Hugh Male or female?
Stephen Male. No, second thoughts, one of each.
Hugh Do you want the parping couplet standing proud?
Stephen No, embarrassed I think.
Hugh An embarrassed parping couplet. That it?
Stephen Two rolls of spowling tape.
Hugh Double-sided?
Stephen Do they do single-sided?
Hugh Only in Viennese lengths.
Stephen Better go with double then. Six sheets of gruddock paper.
Hugh Parkinised?
Stephen No.
Hugh Right.
Stephen Nearly there. Four felching pens and a bevelled spill-trunion.
Hugh Only got one felching pen left. Got some frotting pencils though.
Stephen Will they do?
Hugh Well, you know the thrush-plate?
Stephen Yeah.
Hugh You can use a frotting pencil on that, rude to the look-out valve on the fumpspoke and you can cut out the felching altogether. As long as you rim the satchel-arm properly first.
Stephen Right. Four frotting pencils then.
Hugh So, that's it, is it?
Stephen Yup.
Hugh You've already got a clip-jawed double lock brace have you?
Stephen Do you reckon I'll need one?
Hugh Well, are you going straight or curved?
Stephen Straight, then curved.
Hugh Ah. Well you should be all right then, as long as you remember to suck the clenching pin tight to the arc thrust.
Stephen slaps Hugh in the face.
Stephen How dare you.
Hugh Sorry.
I just specified some Metro shelves for a cafe: Super Erecta shelves with Improved Rigidity.
you almost made me spit out my coffee... and that would be a waste of good coffee, and Baileys.
What time zone are you in, Non?!
Those are nice racks.
[swooning]
Donna, I'm Eastern.
Self-rimming sink
Erection aid
Dielectric nipple
FGM https://fgmarchitects.com/
MRSA http://www.mrsachicago.com/
Gang nail
are the terms that sounds dirty.
Double stud strap ties
I once googled "dark hard wood" in the office. It was a rookie mistake.
I saw a set of drawings where every note saying "stud" had been abbreviated to STD. So, not only did they have to add that to their list of abbreviations (and cause confusion with standard), but they gave the whole building VD. All to save one letter.
Flocculator
Ditch Witch
@senjohnblutarsky
Wedding blogs and other bits of the wedding industrial complex all seem to use STD for 'save the date'.
How far ahead to send your STD ? what stationary / fonts /glitter to use for your STD ? Who to send an STD.....etc etc
never ceases to amuse !
Wet signature
Good one.
Bushing. As in "This hole does not have the proper bushing."
Nail it. Or screw it, your choice.
Self-rimming sink.
Bending moment.
Hot Wrench.
French Drain.
Ballcock.
Tin knockers.
Rod buster.
Loose laid.
Stop it, Miles. I'm getting turgid!
I think you mean erect.
Boom! And that's why you have preferred member status.
It's hard work keeping it up.
Ionic Tron Lally
Its not dirty, but every time I hear the word topping, I can't help but think of ice cream sundaes. Mmm, concrete topping.
yeah, that's the topping I think of.
Retarded finish
Resurrecting this because:
^ So much better than ordinary butt shingles
Mud-set bull-nose
Sump pump vent hole
Sump pump discharge
ewwww
Lube cock. I have this site plan of a campus from the 60's and it literally says all over it 4 1/2" lube cock, 8 1/2" lube cock... Apparently they are buried in the lawn all over.
Live load, dead load (yikes), moving load, transient load ("happens to the best of us"), structural load, imposed load, dynamic load, wind load, snow load, seismic load, hydrostatic load, ponding load, environmental load (talking to you hippies), mechanical load and last but not least dust load (for the boomers out there).
"bang to fit"
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