[Closed] Man Words

Busbar (buzz bar to the illiterati)

Nasty things Busbars... particularly 12th edition ones when encountered.. they ain't insulated. Once trouble shooting an automated warehouse nearly put my hand on one in a cab.. my shoulder was gripped firmly and dragged backward with the senior plant electrician whispering in my ear...
"please don't do that son, i'll have to fill in a lot of paperwork if you do"

Torque wrench

Back doors

'That's $h1t' in response to a mate having anything new (car, bike, house, lady...)

Complex directions using only using the map in your head.

'bit o' 4be2 should sort that'

Deltic

Epididymis

Barse

Graunch.
Vernier sounds a bit pansy - Verynear is the man version.

Not man words - but, when performed well, the hand signals for :-
Back it up
Right hand down
Just a Touch
Hold her there
Cock on
kill it
Tea?

are basically bloke-ballet.

Have we had 'bradawl' yet?

Clutch
Clutch Release Bearing
Master Cylinder
Dot 5.1
Offer-up
Rivet
Strut
Brace
Flush
Proud
Buttress
Lump hammer
Pozidrive
Annular Ring Nail
Uni-directional Bonding Strip*

*(Thanks Pixar for that one).

Actually, 'buttress' wins. I win.

Drift.

Not the act of putting a car sideways, though that works too, I'm thinking of the type that's preceded by the word "suitable" in Haynes manuals; usually refers to a short length of 2x4 and some form of gentle persuasion tool (like Mjolnir).

****twaffle

Thrutch

Annular Ring Nail

I think you will find the full testosterone dripping man title for that wee fella is an Annular Ring Shank.

Damn... I feel manly after that!

Edit: In fact thinking about it that takes me straight to NAILS (as in hard as)

Limited-slip diff

Möbius strip!

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Once you've played with all the grease you'll definitely be needing some:

****lyn soap solution

Juan Sheet

Does the job of Plenty.......

Clagging over.
Clean dirt.

Tvvat - as in "tvvat it wi' hammer."

edit: Nope, already listed wi' different spelling.

Bell crank,
hone,
morse taper,
interferance fit,
clacker valve,

Saying that I have quite a few girlfriends who are excellent (better than me) Engineers

Torque
Power-band
Superchargers
Chassis
lbw

Cotter pin

"rack ot th'eye, screw ot th'ass"
"introduce"
as an apprentice the forman said i should "introduce" the guard to the machine, as in "offer it up" and make sure it fitted before bolting . as a cocky 16 year old i said " guard this is the machine, machine this is the guard"

Not man words - but, when performed well, the hand signals for :-
Back it up
Right hand down
Just a Touch
Hold her there
Cock on
kill it
Tea?

are basically bloke-ballet.

Top post...!

🙂

scroottock

Bollard Pull

turbo encabulator

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