Bovenizer (unit of measurement)

A bovenizer (abbreviations: Bv, bv or bov) is a unit of measurement used in the Club, equal to 104 inches or 264.16 centimetres. It is named after Derek Bovenizer, the tallest person in the Club.

Origin of the bovenizer
On their travels, the Club came to a river that was too wide for some of its members to jump, but too deep to walk through, and they had nothing to use as a stepping stone to get across, and couldn't think of any way to cross it, so they eventually came up with an idea: since Derek was the tallest person there, the members would use him as a bridge. Derek then outstretched himself across the river, and the members were able to walk across his back and get to the other side. The length of Derek's outstretched body then became used as a unit of measurement in Club, and was named 'bovenizer', after Derek, who used himself as a bridge to get the Club across the river.

Derived units
The bovenizer has other units derived from it, the most commonly used being the centibovenizer (cBv or cbv), especially in measuring people, as only two people have ever lived to be 1 bovenizer or more in height (ironically, neither of them were Derek, or any member of his family, or any other Bovenizer). Less common units derived from the bovenizer include the kilobovenizer (kBv or kbv) and the millibovenizer (mBv or mbv).

Heights of well-known landmarks and series characters in bovenizers
Empire State Building - 167.74 bovenizers

Eiffel Tower - 122.65 bovenizers

Big Ben - 36.46 bovenizers

Statue of Liberty - 17.42 bovenizers

Great Wall of China (length) - 7.994 megabovenizers

Lucy Quaza (6'0) - 69 centibovenizers

Melissa Spear (5'11) - 68 centibovenizers

Derek Bovenizer (6'8) - 77 centibovenizers

Ray Quaza (6'3) - 72 centibovenizers

Austin Quaza (6'2) - 71 centibovenizers

Tim Sykes (6'1) - 70 centibovenizers

Melissa Bovenizer (Derek's sister) (6'2) - 71 centibovenizers

Melissa Purple (5'7.5) - 65 centibovenizers

Blitz Iceman (6'2) - 71 centibovenizers

Claire Iceman (5'8) - 65.5 centibovenizers

Aoife Zedgwick (5'8.5) - 66 centibovenizers

Chris Reversi (6'0.5) - 69.5 centibovenizers

Nick Squires (6'0) - 69 centibovenizers

Trivia
Ironically, Derek Bovenizer's height is under 1 bovenizer (as are the heights of the other 2 Bovenizers). He is only just over 3/4 of a bovenizer tall.