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nerd pack, n.:
Plastic pouch worn in breast pocket to keep pens from soiling
clothes. Nerd's position in engineering hierarchy can be measured
by number of pens, grease pencils, and rulers bristling in his pack.
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neutron bomb, n.:
An explosive device of limited military value because, as
it only destroys people without destroying property, it
must be used in conjunction with bombs that destroy property.
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new, adj.:
Different color from previous model.
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Newlan's Truism:
An "acceptable" level of unemployment means that the
government economist to whom it is acceptable still has a job.
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Newman's Discovery:
Your best dreams may not come true; fortunately, neither will
your worst dreams.
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Newton's Law of Gravitation:
What goes up must come down. But don't expect it to come down where
you can find it. Murphy's Law applies to Newton's.
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Newton's Little-Known Seventh Law:
A bird in the hand is safer than one overhead.
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Nick the Greek's Law of Life:
All things considered, life is 9 to 5 against.
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Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules:
The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of
the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent.
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no brainer:
A decision which, viewed through the retrospectoscope,
is "obvious" to those who failed to make it originally.
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