Jargon Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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urge surfing n. Actual cravings are more a manifestation of dependence than habit, but behavioural strategies such as the four Ds can still help. These refer to delay, deep breathing, drink water and distraction. Urge surfing is another term for delaying. [English Health Jargon] [full cite] (Jan. 12, 2008)

value chain n. The companies that produce/own audio recordings, video, TV shows and films don’t trust the general public (a director of a large film distributor used those very words to me). Because they don’t trust you, they want to ensure that throughout the value chain (their words—meaning from production, to you watching it), the content will remain encrypted. The only time it’s not encrypted, is when it leaves the screen or speakers and hits your eyes/ears. [English Media Technology Jargon] [full cite] (Mar. 21, 2005)

values stand-down n. Every member of the command, including 7,500 recruiters nationwide and senior officers, was scheduled to take part in the day of instruction, called a “values stand-down.” Mr. Smith said the Army would re-introduce recruiters to legal recruiting practices and the rules that prohibit them from lying to applicants or hiding information from the military that could make them ineligible to serve. [English Military Jargon] [full cite] (May. 12, 2005)

Van Dyke n. “a Van Dyke”: leaving a scene, usually a party scene, early and then starting the next scene with a phone conversation which elaborates and expands the previous scene while also introducing new information. A nice bit of shorthand. From, of course, the Dick Van Dyke show. You’d leave the party scene at the point of, say, Laura downing her third drink and Rob realizing she was out of control. You’d then come back to Rob on the phone the next day, talking to Buddy: “Yes. Yes, all of them. And a pony! What? The producer I’m trying to impress was there? Why didn’t you tell me!” [English Entertainment Jargon] [full cite] (Apr. 19, 2005)

ventiport n. Its styling, says GM interior design chief Dave Lyon, will feature modern interpretations of the Buick portholes (or “ventiports” as they were called in the “50s) and the “sweepspear,” the asymmetric v-shaped profile accent found on many of the brand’s cars in the ’50s and ’60s. [English Automobiles & Transportation Jargon] [full cite] (Apr. 19, 2008)

Verkehrsberuhigung n. Verkehrsberuhigung is German for “traffic calming,” a long-standing European practice of reducing speeding and cut-through traffic by using speed humps, street furniture, wild engineering and other tactics. [German Automobiles & Transportation Jargon] [full cite] (Sep. 2, 2004)

Verwaltungsvereinfachungsmassnahmen n. They’ve assigned the effort to rid their writing of fogginess a name. It is Verwaltungsvereinfachungsmassnahmen—that is, “simplified administrative procedures.” [German Germany Business Jargon] [full cite] (Jun. 9, 2004)

viewser n. Now, the technology is so advanced and changing, even the industry word for a person who watches TV has changed, Heizman says. It used to be “viewer.” The new word is “viewser.” Today’s viewser doesn’t necessarily watch TV. He might click to the station’s Web site, instead. [English Entertainment Media Technology Television Jargon] [full cite] (Jun. 26, 2006)

viewser n. The aim is no longer simply to entertain but to engage the viewer/ user (viewser?) in a multitude of life-enhancing services, such as video phone, hundreds of channels, online browsing, video on demand, PC capabilities, etc. [English Media Online Technology Jargon] [full cite] (Jun. 27, 2006)

viewser n. The display device for the data broadcast service would typically be the television receiver connected to a set-top box of some sort and destined for a target group of viewer/users (or as Gary Arlen, of Arlen Communications prefers, viewsers). That would put the traditional television service and the enhanced broadcast service in the same user environment, on the same platform. [English Entertainment Media Online Technology Jargon] [full cite] (Jun. 27, 2006)

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