Mechanical Placebo

What is Mechanical Placebo?


1.

An impressive looking device or scheme, that in fact, does nothing. It is commonly believed that pedestrian controlled traffic signals and signs warning that police monitor speeders by aircraft, are blatant examples.

Why are you pushing the "close" door on this elevator? It's just a mechanical placebo.

See nothing, fraud, phony, device, zilch


86

Random Words:

1. A clever and ingenuitive person with a great sense of humor. Hey who created urban dictionary? Duh.. it was a apeckham See urban dict..
1. a very large penis; the biggest penis ever look at that strudle dwarf!! See large, yummy, cock, orgasm..
1. These are skills, particularly in football, which are owned by someone who is keen to show them off and get themselves noticed. "J..