List of humorous units of measurement

References

1. The firkin is normally a unit of volume equal to nine imperial gallons (41 L). The "firkin" of the FFF system is the fir
2. Dimwit Flathead defoliated the Fublio Valley to make a huge statue of himself. The literature for Zork describes the are
3. itotd.com
   https://itotd.com/articles/2987/furlongs-per-fortnight/
4. "FAQ for newsgroup UK.rec.sheds, version 2&3/7th"
   https://web.archive.org/web/20060306161426/http://www.uk-rec-sheds.org.uk/faq60.txt
5. "The Potrzebie System of Weights and Measures"
   https://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/15/the-potrzebie-system-of-weights-and-measures/
6. "sagan"
   http://catb.org/jargon/html/S/sagan.html
7. Plant Signal Transduction
   https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4242307
8. jargon.net
   http://jargon.net/jargonfile/a/attoparsec.html
9. This Book Warps Space and Time
   https://books.google.com/books?id=wUrZ4buWw60C&q=beard-second&pg=PA13
10. Physics Handbook for Science and Engineering
11. "Google Search: 5 nanometers in beard-seconds"
    https://archive.today/20170609231809/https://www.google.com/search?q=5+nanometers+in+beard-seconds
12. "Australian slang"
    https://www.australianculture.org/australian-slang/
13. Parker, Andy (December 5, 2017). Jimmy Griffin Snow Index for the December 5-8, 2017 lake-effect snow event. WKBW-TV off
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DQR52B4XkAEiCbO.jpg
14. "How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20140701141032/http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictM.html
15. Langenscheidt Schwäbisch für Anfänger
    https://books.google.com/books?id=uhRBmLMSnHgC&pg=PT12
16. "From the AICGS Bookshelf: Out of the Tower"
    http://www.aicgs.org/2014/04/from-the-aicgs-bookshelf-out-of-the-tower/
17. The Meaning of Liff
18. MIT News
    http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/smoot-0604.html
19. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7)
    http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/S/smoot.html
20. "Keyser describes his top five hacks"
    http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1999/hacks-0901.html
21. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/07/AR2005120702328_pf.html
22. "Live Webcams: Scientists Studying Corals Damaged by Oil in the Gulf of Mexico"
    http://science.psu.edu/news-and-events/2014-news/Fisher6-2014
23. "PHOTOS & VIDEO"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20160118061541/http://www.nautiluslive.org/photo/2013/06/25/wiffle-ball-marker
24. University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    http://efcms.engr.utk.edu/ef151-2019-08/sys.php?f=bolt/bolt-main&c=class-1-2&p=intro
25. SI brochure
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080725173321/http://www1.bipm.org/en/si/si_brochure/chapter4/4-1.html
26. Marshall Holloway and Richard Baker (13 March 1944), "Note on the Origin of the Term 'Barn'", LAMS-523, cited in Lillian
27. "Barn"
    http://www.scientificlib.com/en/Physics/LX/Barn.html
28. Whittle, K. (2020). "Evolution of reactor technologies". In Nuclear Materials Science (2nd ed). IOP Publishing.
29. Sherman, T. H. (2012). "Development of an advanced neutron activation analysis protocol at the University of Utah nuclea
30. The Jargon File
    http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/N/nanoacre.html
31. Christian Hesses mathematisches Sammelsurium
    https://books.google.com/books?id=SeK8DPSr3JQC
32. Developments in the Terminology of Physics and Technology
    https://books.google.com/books?id=5GgLAAAAMAAJ
33. "How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20140701135456/http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictD.html
34. Adam Savage Interviews 'The Martian' Author Andy Weir - The Talking Room
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SemyzKgaUU
35. Editor & Publisher
    http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003494507
36. The American Prospect
    https://web.archive.org/web/20070930033432/http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=12&year=2006&base_name=post_2220#014758
37. Think Progress
    http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/28/gen-petreaus-is-in/
38. The Washington Monthly
    https://web.archive.org/web/20110605143409/http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2006_11/009956.php
39. The Nation
    http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090702023145/http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070423/alterman
40. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2007/05/08/BL2007050800898_pf.html
41. The Atlantic
    http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/05/more_friedman_units_to_come.php
42. Notices of the AMS
    https://web.archive.org/web/20120205195042/http://www.math.osu.edu/~nevai.1/MYMATH/rota_ams_notices_01_97.html
43. susam.net
    https://susam.net/blog/microcentury.html
44. Proceedings: IBM Scientific Computing Symposium on Computers in Chemistry
45. Programming pearls
    https://archive.org/details/programmingmicro00bent
46. Lords and Ladies
47. YouTube
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6NJkWbM1xk
48. Technopedia
    https://www.techopedia.com/definition/14498/ohnosecond
49. The Atlantic
    https://web.archive.org/web/20190829182209/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/08/anthony-scaramucci-trump-comments/597028/
50. The Independent
    https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/top-10-units-measurement-a9094111.html
51. Wordsmith
    http://www.wordsmith.org/words/scaramouch.html
52. "SALT Talks: Election 2020 with Anthony Scaramucci"
    https://www.salt.org/talks/anthony-scaramucci-110220
53. The Sum of All Fears
    https://archive.org/details/sumofallfears00clan_0
54. Creating Music By Listening
    https://web.media.mit.edu/~tristan/phd/dissertation/chapter3.html#x1-390003.4.3
55. Maggie Koerth (27 August 2010). "Bananas are radioactive". BoingBoing.
    https://boingboing.net/2010/08/27/bananas-are-radioact.html
56. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
    https://books.google.com/books?id=mShXzzKtpmEC&q=milliblatt+shower&pg=PA63
57. New Scientist
    https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627582.100-towards-a-universal-crackpot-standard.html
58. math.ucr.edu
    http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/crackpot.html
59. The Quackometer
    http://www.quackometer.net/blog/
60. The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum Genius
61. Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut
    https://archive.org/details/ridingrocketsout00mull_0
62. QI
    https://web.archive.org/web/20160130202128/http://qi.com/television/series-i/episode-i09-illness/
63. Encyclopedia Frobozzica, Infocom, 1993.
64. "The Hawking Index Is a Mathematical Measure of When People Give Up on Books"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20200101104750/https://curiosity.com/topics/the-hawking-index-is-a-mathematical-measure-of-when-people-give-up-on-books-curiosity/
65. The New Hacker's Dictionary
    https://books.google.com/books?id=g80P_4v4QbIC&q=hacker%27s+dictionary+%22bogosity%22&pg=PA82
66. "The Jargon File: microLenat"
    http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/M/microLenat.html
67. Gameslave
    https://web.archive.org/web/20071123231448/http://www.thegameslave.com/Misc/Science/TreatiseonUnitsofMeasure.htm
68. The Secret War 1939–45
    https://archive.org/details/secretwar193945007234mbp
69. Science Made Stupid
    https://archive.org/details/sciencemadestupi00well/page/76
70. "One-hit wonders? Has-beens? Who cares? It's a free concert at the county fair"
    https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/One-hit-wonders-Has-beens-Who-cares-It-s-a-3252144.php
71. "Newsletter April 2024"
    https://neo.ssa.esa.int/documents/d/guest/newsletter-april-2024
72. The Light Fantastic
73. Slate
    https://slate.com/human-interest/1997/10/too-much-of-a-good-thing.html
74. Dork Tower
    http://www.dorktower.com/2009/05/21/dork-tower-may-21-2009-the-milliwheaton/
75. "11 Ways Geeks Measure the World | GeekDad"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20110909144606/http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/11/10-ways-geeks-measure-the-world/
76. www.mentalfloss.com
    https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/27682/wheaton-and-other-unusual-units-measurement
77. Business Insider
    https://www.businessinsider.com/unveiling-the-big-mac-minimum-wage-index-2013-8
78. Statista
    https://www.statista.com/statistics/275235/big-mac-worldwide-cities-working-time/
79. International Business Times
    https://www.ibtimes.com/minutes-minimum-wage-work-buy-big-mac-36-minutes-us-6-hours-afghanistan-1392339
80. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/10/07/hurricane-matthew-is-so-scary-even-waffle-house-is-evacuating/
81. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/13/us/hurricane-season-terms.html