Columbia University (Columbia; officially Columbia University in the City of New York), established in 1754, is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City, often cited as one of the world's most prestigious universities.[12][13][14][15][16][17]
Slang definitions & phrases for joy-stick Expand. noun. 1  The control lever of an airplane (1910+) 2  The steering wheel of a car, esp a hot rod (1950s+ Hot rodders) 3  The control lever for a computer or video game (1967+) 4  An opium pipe (1940s+ Narcotics) ( also joy-knob) The penis (1920+)
Q From Jonathan McColl: Iâve just replaced the mouse of a colleagueâs computer with what the suppliers called an ergonomic mouse, that is, a joystick. I thought how silly they were to invent a long name instead of the well-known one that gamers have used for many years. And that was obviously derived from the steering mechanism thatâs been used in aeroplanes for most of the last century.