Y-Wing

Despite its age, the ship has been one of the mainstays of the Rebel Alliance and saw notable duty at the Battle of Yavin, during which the Imperial Death Star was destroyed. Prior to the introduction of the X-wing starfighter, Y-wings were the flagship fighters of the Alliance. The twin-engine Y-wing, at sixteen meters long, is a multipurpose ship that was originally designed as a compromise between a full-fledged attack fighter and a heavier bomber. The durable starfighter can give and take a great deal of punishment, but they don't have the payload capacity or the speed, stealth, and the maneuverability to compete with modern Imperial attack fighters. The Rebel Alliance has flown more Y-wings than any other fighter and has used a number of different configuration for a variety of mission profiles. It isn't uncommon for a Y-wing to be stripped down for assault runs against Imperial convoys and then be refitted by rebel technicians for a heavy bombing run against an imperial base. Y-wings also find use on diplomatic escort missions and for long-range patrols. The BTL-A4 Y-wing (LP), or Long-Probe-Class, has extra provisions, more powerful sensors, and a sophisticated navigation computer specifically for patrol duty. The Y-wing has three main components. The forward cockpit module houses the pilots and weaopons systems. A reinforced space-frame central spar stretches back from the cockpit module; the Y-wing's ionization reactor and hyperdrive/astrogation hardware are crammed into this narrow frame. A cross wing housing the main power cells ataches at the back of the spar, with the two powerful sublight ion drives on either end. The cockpit module has thick armor plating. The pilot controls a pair of forward laser cannons and twin proton torpedo launchers. A turret-mounted ion cannon is directly behind the pilot. Like the X-wing, an R2 or R4 astromech droid fits snugly into the droid socket behind the cockpit and monitors all fight, navigation, and power systems. The droid can also handle fire control, perform simple inflight maintenance, and reroute power as needed. The R2 unit also stores hyperspace jump coordinates.

WOW, I must really be a nerd to know all that!!

by runner* July 24, 2004

TV-Y

An icon that pops on the screen when ever Barney, Sesame Street, Tellitubbies, Blues Clues, Dora the Explorer, or any other kiddie show that comes on that tells the T.V. "Why did you have to put the show on?! Why?!"

TV-Y means TV-Why?!

by Can of Worms November 7, 2006

y-vi

a person who spells even their own name wrong and forgets to do daily activites. a person that will probably die from being run over. a person, usually asian, who is cool. often called a beast. one that is on LSHS varsity swim. a girl who is small and often told to gain weight. a girl who tends to fall for asian boys! a girl that forgets so much that edward yells at her.

"did you just almost get run over?!?!"
"yes..."
"wow you just pulled an y-vi!"

by strangelittleone April 19, 2009

lunch at the Y

performing oral sex on a young lady.

Are there any takers for lunch at the y?

by gasmixman January 14, 2006

Big Y

A chain of supermarkets in Massachusetts and Connecticut that focuses on "world class" products and customer service, and screws their employees in any way possible. People who work there include dumb-as-fuck teenagers, depressed middle aged adults, and old people who are too afraid to retire.

"I work at Big Y and I want to die."

"It's going to snow an inch or two tomorrow -- we need to go to Big Y and buy bread! We may be trapped in our house for days."

"Big Y sucks."

by Wonder Boy January 4, 2005

Dining at the Y

Humorous way to allude to the kind of menu you will be having for tonite's dinner. You will probably choose some tuna taco , or perhaps bearded clam or maybe loose meat sandwich or even some snapper.
For those who need further explanation, the diner is called the Y not because its in some gym, but due to the peculiar shape of all aforementioned dishes.

Im picking up Donna at seven... we're dining at the Y

by Hugh G Rection January 21, 2005

Generation Y

The generation of people born between the early 1980's and the mid 1990's. First-handedly saw the transformation of the world and especially the USA with the explosion of digital technology, the internet, a new worldwide economic "Great Recession", the change of America's position in the world, the infamous "War on Terrorism", and many other world changing events still to come. Generation Y will run the world in about 25 years time, and Is arguably the most intelligent, although maybe not the most driven, generation yet as a product of the economic successes of their parents, the Baby Boomer generation, who also handed numerous other serious problems to their children. Generation Y is also a generation of pioneers. They are shaping and writing the new frontier of human interaction and communication, the internet, for example: Mark Zuckerburg, founder of Facebook, born in 1984. They are the guinea pigs of this profound technology, as no other generation has lived such a large fraction of their lives with this technology. Generation Y can also be identified by cynicism and uncalled for self deploring that is not necessarily their fault, but the faults of older generations who are trying to push them to do better and to succeed in a world with increased competition. For an example of this self hate, see Urban Dictionary's words of the day, many of which contain negative remarks towards Generation Y, even though they are written by the same generation they attack.

-"Urban dictionary, Facebook, and much of the internet as we know it are a product of Generation Y."

-"Be proud, those of you in Generation Y, you have influenced the world like no other generation has at such an early age"

by flyhighj65 February 23, 2011