Computer Science Name
These 1s and 0s are the original minimalist lifestyle: no clutter, just two options.
Bits
This controversial comma keeps the peace in lists, preventing diners from thinking you invited “the strippers, JFK and Stalin.”
oxford comma
This blinking light you forget to turn off after a lane change is not “optional courtesy,” despite popular belief
turn signal (indicator)
This green, fuzzy, flightless “thing” is arguably the most beloved citizen of Citizens Bank Park.
Philly Phanatic
This planet is not only the hottest in our solar system, it also spins so slowly that its day is longer than its year—talk about poor work-life balance.
Venus
This letter used in Big-O notation means “the input size,” not “the time left before the demo starts.”
N
In the sentence “The data are convincing,” this grammatical concept insists the verb agree with a plural noun—even if you wish it were singular.
subject-verb agreement
This term measures engine work over time; contrary to myth, it does not refer to actual small horses under the hood.
Horsepower
This NFL team’s fans will boo Santa yet cry at a Jason Kelce speech.
Philadelphia Eagles
This board game brand mascot wears a monocle in the collective imagination—but in reality, he never has. Your memory’s been Mandela’d.
Rich Uncle Pennybags (the Monopoly Man)
(Also acceptable: What is the Monopoly mascot)
It’s the function that won’t stop calling until given a proper base case—like a teenager with no ride home.
recursion
Running down the street, the briefcase flew open” commits this error—unless your briefcase grew legs.
dangling participle
This braking system keeps your wheels from locking so you can steer while stopping—unless you panic and mash it like a video game button.
ABS
Trust the Process” became the mantra of this NBA franchise through years of strategic suffering.
76ers
The smell of rain on dry ground has this poetic name, which sounds like a niche indie perfume.
petrichor
Consistency, Availability, and Partition Tolerance walk into a distributed bar; the bartender says, “Pick two.” This theorem gets the credit.
CAP Theorem
If I were taller” uses this mood—ideal for hypotheticals and regrets about not making varsity
subjunctive
Thieves love this emissions device for its precious metals; your wallet doesn’t love replacing it.
catalytic converter
The 1970s-era Flyers earned this bruising nickname that sounded more like a street gang than a hockey club.
Broad Street Bullies
This language, still widely used today, has no native word for “yes” or “no”; you answer with the verb instead, which feels very on-brand efficient.
Latin
This famous problem says a general program can’t always predict whether another program will finish—kind of like estimating how long a “quick refactor” will take.
Halting Problem
When one word does the job of two in a sentence—“She broke his car and his heart”—you’ve stylishly deployed this figure of speech
zeugma
This drivetrain feature distributes torque to the wheel with better traction instead of letting one spin uselessly—making corner exits far less embarrassing.
limited-slip differential
He threw the final pitch of the 2008 World Series for the Phillies, dropping to his knees in a perfect closer’s catharsis.
Brad Lidge
Discovered in 1938 off South Africa after being thought extinct for 66 million years, this lobe-finned “living fossil” fish basically said, “Surprise, I was just deep.”
coelacanth (see·luh·kanth)