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

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wheeling n. The Large Public Power Council last week called for industry formation of a national voluntary, independent organization to handle transmission wheeling on a regional basis, similar to industry’s North American Electric Reliability Council, whose charter is to protect reliability. [English Jargon] [full cite] (Apr. 10, 2005)

wheeling n. Melcher tied up the Senate for several days over a more technical issue of importance to small and public utilities—their ability to get power “wheeled” to them across the transmission lines of larger private utilities. Without wheeling, small utilities located in the middle of private utility service areas would have to generate their own power, buy it from their competitor, or build expensive transmission lines to an outside source. [English Jargon] [full cite] (Apr. 10, 2005)

wheeling n. “Mandatory wheeling” is a regulation forcing utilities like Edison to let their major “captive” industrial customers to buy lower cost power from other producers over their own lines. [English Jargon] [full cite] (Apr. 10, 2005)

wheels up adj. But the minute the last leader’s white-topped helicopter took off at the crack of dawn Friday—went “wheels up,” in the parlance of law enforcement officers—coastal Georgians rushed to resume normal summertime activities, such as basking on the beach instead of in the international spotlight. [English United States Aviation Police Jargon] [full cite] (Jun. 14, 2004)

where is other. It was sold “as is” and “where is,” which is on a 150-acre island that has at various times belonged to the Dutch, the British, the United States Army and the Coast Guard. [English Jargon] [full cite] (Feb. 12, 2008)

whisper number n. Rumor-mongering, of course, has long been the stock in trade of some on Wall Street. Billions of dollars a day are bet on “whisper numbers” and overheard lunchtime chatter. Information is the coin of the realm. Some of it is legal. Some of it is not. Just ask Ivan Boesky. [English Money & Finance Jargon] [full cite] (Jul. 9, 2008)

white box n. I think you have to consider that system builders—or white-box manufacturers, as they are commonly called—have often voiced frustration with Microsoft’s pricing policy toward them.…White boxes still make up a large number of the PC systems sold through the channel each year. [English Technology Jargon] [full cite] (May. 26, 2006)

white clown n. Taproot Theatre director Karen Lund supplies a twinkly anti-realistic performance style to accompany Wilde’s ingenious artifices. Her cast includes inspired clowns: Aaron Lamb as Algernon, Kevin Brady as Jack, Charity Parenzini as Gwendolen and Bethany Hudson as Cecily. These four are what are called in comedy jargon “red clowns,” the zanies who are constantly skidding in the direction of disorder. Pam Nolte is the “white clown,” the desperate figure of respectability who attempts to impose some kind of order. And Kim Morris and Bill Johns are what might be called “pink clowns,” a dithering tutor and a blithering clergyman who struggle for propriety but stumble on the facts of life. [English Entertainment Jargon] [full cite] (Oct. 3, 2007)

white knowledge n. The production team is slowly picking up the lingo, so that last night when Chad asked for a “Half apple” I actually knew 1. what he was talking about 2. where it was and 3. where he needed to put it. That’s amazing! Okay, so maybe apple boxes was a bad example, but the amount of “white knowledge” we’re all picking up on this movie is what keeps us going when the going gets tough. Or cold. [English Entertainment Jargon] [full cite] (Oct. 15, 2004)

white space n. White space—a high-growth or unserved market or outside-the-box business opportunity. [English United States Business Jargon] [full cite] (Nov. 23, 2004)

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