Efficient
Extremely hard working, always functioning at the highest of standards, and finding the best possible solution. Other wise known as a Miriam.Efficiency
Example:
Sue: "To increase my efficiency while baking this cake, I'm going to gather all the ingredients from the fridge before I start mixing anything together."
Bob: "You're not being efficient, you're just being lazy. Now make me a sammich."
Sue: "To increase my efficiency while baking this cake, I'm going to gather all the ingredients from the fridge before I start mixing anything together."
Bob: "You're not being efficient, you're just being lazy. Now make me a sammich."
efficientness
So effecient as to be stupidly time-saving. Coined by Ms. B. Brown of Washington, DC in a fit of made-up-wordiness.
Soviet Efficiency
A phrase that decribes any system, operation, or action, where the beaurocracy serves to create more problems than the problem it was created to solve.
Example:
Jack came into class late, the teachers inquiry of, "why were you late?" was followed by, "Sorry, the buses ran with soviet efficiency!"
Jack came into class late, the teachers inquiry of, "why were you late?" was followed by, "Sorry, the buses ran with soviet efficiency!"
Asian Efficiency
The pinnacle of human productivity and efficiency. Grants superhuman abilities of focus and attention on getting work done in the shortest amount of time, usually to the exclusion of everything else.
Not normally observed in non-Asian races, and explains the other-worldly feats and performance of Asian kids in school.
Not normally observed in non-Asian races, and explains the other-worldly feats and performance of Asian kids in school.
Example:
Jack: "Hey dude, what about that paper?"
Asian Kid: "Done."
Jack: "And the one on..."
Asian Kid: "Done."
Jack: "Goddamn dude, what are you on?"
Asian Kid: "Asian Efficiency dude, Asian Efficiency."
Jack: "Hey dude, what about that paper?"
Asian Kid: "Done."
Jack: "And the one on..."
Asian Kid: "Done."
Jack: "Goddamn dude, what are you on?"
Asian Kid: "Asian Efficiency dude, Asian Efficiency."
Quebec Efficiency
Quebec efficiency refers to the most inefficiently run processes possible. These processes always take at least three times as if normally run and generally six to ten times longer than if run efficiently. The term originates from the Canadian province of Quebec, where such processes occur very frequently.
Example:
Jean: "I made cookies today, and instead of buying everything before hand, I just went out and bought every ingredient when the recipe said I need it! It took me 4 hours to bake the cookies."
Jacques: "Quebec efficiency!"
Luc: "At the raffle last night, instead of drawing the three winners, they drew until there were only three left, and then those three won. It took forever."
Laurent: "Quebec efficiency!"
Jean: "I made cookies today, and instead of buying everything before hand, I just went out and bought every ingredient when the recipe said I need it! It took me 4 hours to bake the cookies."
Jacques: "Quebec efficiency!"
Luc: "At the raffle last night, instead of drawing the three winners, they drew until there were only three left, and then those three won. It took forever."
Laurent: "Quebec efficiency!"
economic efficiency
The ability of an economic system to provide what people what, given their incomes. Given the fact that incomes and resources are both finite, efficiency will be of the utmost importance in determining if people's wants are satisfied by the workings of the economic system.
german efficiency
Refering to mechanical produce of post-war Germany. Due to the low wages at that time, and no shortage of skilled workers, west Germany gained a solid reputation for outstanding quality of products at a reasonable price. Today, many people swear by german efficiency, and refuse to buy inferior products from anywhere but.
distributional efficiency
In the social sciences, refers to the effectiveness with which a social benefit reaches its intended beneficiaries. When most of the cost of a particular social good is absorbed by intermediaries, such as scalpers and profiteers, distributional efficiency is low.
Example:
The state-owned auditorium hands out a fixed number of free tickets to students to promote the arts, but nearly all of them sell the tickets to scalpers for the money. It's very poor distributional efficiency.
The state-owned auditorium hands out a fixed number of free tickets to students to promote the arts, but nearly all of them sell the tickets to scalpers for the money. It's very poor distributional efficiency.