Flange vs Coupling - What's the difference?
flange | coupling |
An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place.
The projecting edge of a rigid or semi-rigid component.
(gaming) An ability in a role-playing game which is not commonly available, overpowered or arbitrarily imposed by the referees.
* 1998:' Mr MI Pennington, ''Can the Players be Trusted?'' on rec.games.frp.live-action
* 2007:' balor, ''Changing the metaphysics'' on Rule 7 [http://forums.rule7.co.uk/Topic28357-44-2.aspx] 'Oh look , the amulet of ' flange has been activated, this means all Paladins now only have one heal per day instead of two.'
A vulva.
* 2001:' tedfat, '''''Flange !!!! in alt.society.nottingham [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.society.nottingham/browse_thread/thread/7d1653d74a6ac61b/4fdf1b47e3e1bb70?lnk=st&q=%22her+flange%22&rnum=9&hl=en#4fdf1b47e3e1bb70]
* 2003: Ray Gordon, Hot Sheets [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1562013920&id=c4hY8RgKlGgC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=flange+fuck&sig=8rlmxhjFq0jxtxQ_cW333gA5u5Q&hl=en]
(rare, humorous) The collective noun for a group of baboons.
* 2006 , Rick Crosier -
To be bent into a flange.
To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange.
act of joining together to form a couple
a device that couples two things together
(computing) the degree of reliance between two program modules
(electronics) a connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them
(physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
(sexuality) sexual intercourse
As nouns the difference between flange and coupling
is that flange is an external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place while coupling is act of joining together to form a couple.As a verb flange
is to be bent into a flange.flange
English
(wikipedia flange)Noun
(en noun)[The] enduring problem with the Gathering is that [playerscan't affect anything that happens ... whatever they do, the LT just ' flange it back to the original plot line.
- I was in bed the other day with the missus and I asked to see her flange . Imagine my surprise when she got up went downstairs to my toolbox and brought me up a metal looking object called a flange!!!!! Needless to say when she asked to see my nuts the next time I obliged by doing exactly the same as her.
- 'God, she's got a tight flange !' the plumber gasped, splaying the girl's buttocks and focusing on her O-ring.
Getting Away with Murder
- (I suspect they hired a flange of baboons to mind the house.)