phlogiston
a mytical substance given off by fire during burning. said to be the cause of rust. theoretically a flame stops burning in an enclosed area because the air has become “phlogiston saturated”.
primarily a concept held during the middle ages, and -ssociated with alchemaical “research”.
a widely-researched phenomenon in the middle ages, phlogiston was thought to be an inherent substance in all things that could burn. when something was burned, phlogiston was visible in the form of flame, and was released into the air. in turn, people thought something would not burn without air because the air was already “full of phlogiston” and no more could be released into the air. in short, phlogiston was believed to be the substance that fire was made of.
these days, under influence of modern science, the concept of phlogiston is usually regarded as superst-tion.
Read Also:
- Phoenix Riot Shield
when a man is forced to splash his own man juice onto a napkin and hold it out in front of him to defend himself from an attacker. bill – did i heard your house got broken into…? dave – yeah, but don’t worry. while the burglar was rummaging around downstairs, i built a phoenix […]
- poop-on-bathmat
complete dissociation from social norms, can’t party with the big boys, loses bowel control with over excitement. desecrates on hostesses bathmat out of confusion caused by alchohol/drug combination. p–p-on-bathmat complete dissociation from social norms, can’t party with the big boys, loses bowel control with over excitement. desecrates on hostesses bathmat out of confusion caused by […]
- phone date
it is when when you take your phone to a verizon store and buy it something special. for example, blackberrys are high maintenance. they could have you waiting for like 2 hours while they pick out a new case or skin or something. you should google these phones and make sure they are not on […]
- Zakar
a crazy person, or crackhead the zakar was dancin on the side off the road for money.
- Zakare
(v) to try to impress a very attractive lady friend from a foreign country while wearing a brown uniform with tooshort shorts and delivering your d-ck in a box. (n)someone who everyone almost p-sses themselves when they see him/her (v) the guy with the nipple piercing was ready to zakare nadia. (n) the mcdonald’s workers […]