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Rube Goldberg U.S.|ruːb ˈgəʊldbɜːg|
The name of the American humorous artist Reuben (‘Rube’) Lucius Goldberg (1883–1970), used attrib. of any unnecessarily complicated, impracticable or ingenious device of the kind illustrated by this artist. Hence Rube Goldˈbergian a.
1956Rice & Steinmetz Amish Year 69 The whole Rube Goldberg device is hitched to a wire which runs through ringbolts attached to short poles stuck in the ground, all the way to the house. 1961Webster, Rube Goldbergian. 1962Time 22 June 38 It [sc. Bertrand Russell's History of the World in Epitome] consists of a page with seven words, a drawing of the Garden of Eden,..a drawing of a Rube Goldbergian battle scene, and a few final words. 1963Johns Hopkins Mag. Jan. 20 Insofar as Congress' Rube Goldberg machinery is contrived to help it wait for the propitious moment, it is much to be valued. 1977Time 26 Sept. 33/1 It contains a Rube Goldbergian arrangement of pulleys, ropes and rollers. 1978Nature 9 Nov. 122/3 Orchids are Rube Goldberg machines; a perfect engineer would certainly have come up with something better. |