Space monkey

When you make yourself pass out by breathing in and out excessively (hyperventilating) and then blow on your thumb as hard as you can so that you look like a monkey and then have someone press on your neck on both sides of your blood vessels until you pass out.

Dude have you ever tried to space monkey?
Yeah bro it knocked me out!

by Clinered July 23, 2022

Space Gin

A gin & tonic beverage consumed on an aeroplane

I had 2 space gins on the flight from London

by Naomonster June 7, 2022

Space Paper

Another term for Aluminum foil specifically for people who struggle to say aluminum and instead call it tin foil.

Can you please hand me the anumil… the amlumino… hand me the space paper Dale.

by Chuchiteeerup June 30, 2022

Space

is a space. You use it in between every word. If spaces didn't exist, it would be hard to read. This is what this sentence would look like without spaces:
isaspace.Youuseitinbetweeneveryword.Ifspacesdidn'texist,itwouldbehardtoread.Thisiswhatthissentencewouldlooklikewithoutspaces:
Hard to read, huh?

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"Help me do this quiz, please!"
The | above the speech represents the spaces.

by Ooferus February 22, 2022

23:59 Sacred Space

The final minute of the year, a bridge between what was and what will be. It represents a state of suspension where distance, yearning and hope converge. It is often referred to as a "Secret Place" where two souls connect in spirit, regardless of physical location, just before the clock resets...

Today the last day of December
I will miss you tonight, like all the other nights
Only some more with lots of yearning and ache
To hold your hand
To see your face
In hope this new year brings us closer
In spirit and connection
Shows us direction
832
I have some more to tell you later...
Into the New Year
23:59 Sacred space Secret place

A late-posted sentiment transcending the 31st of December, finally finding its place in the light of the new year.

by Love you too January 18, 2026

Space Engineering

The discipline of building structures and systems in and with space itself, using the unique environment as both a tool and a construction site. This includes building orbital habitats, solar power satellites, asteroid mining infrastructure, and interstellar probes. But advanced space engineering involves megastructures: O'Neill cylinders, Bernal spheres, Stellar Engines (like the Shkadov thruster to move a star), and astro-engineering projects that use the raw materials of star systems without planets as their primary substrate. It's construction where the vacuum, microgravity, and abundant solar energy are core design features.

Example: "His thesis was on space engineering: a design for a 'Clarke Belt Forge,' a rotating factory complex in geostationary orbit that uses zero-G to spin-form perfect fusion reactor vessels from molten asteroid metal, then launches them to deep space with a mass driver."

by Dumuabzu January 29, 2026

Space Technologies

The broad, catch-all category for any hardware that operates outside the comforting blanket of an atmosphere. This ranges from the mundane (improved space toilet designs, more efficient solar panels) to the critical (radiation-hardened computer chips, hypergolic thrusters) to the ambitious (orbital manufacturing stations, asteroid mining rigs). It's the foundational, "keep the humans alive and the data flowing" tech that makes everything else in space possible, emphasizing extreme reliability, lightweight materials, and systems that can't be fixed with a quick service call.

*Example: "My uncle works on space technology. Not the sexy warp drive stuff—he designs better locking mechanisms for cargo latches on the Lunar Supply Shuttle. He says the difference between success and a cloud of expensive debris is often a 50-cent washer that can handle -270°C to +120°C without embrittling."* Space Technologies

by Abzugal January 30, 2026