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

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bird peck n. Sapsuckers are unwitting heroes to many creatures, but in the eyes of the timber industry, not so much. Timber people hate sapsuckers because they feel the birds damage the trees (unlike them, who only cut the entire tree down). They even have a name for lumber that has sapsucker damage. It’s called “bird peck.” Really, it is. That’s a rather cute name coming from guys who carry chain saws all day long. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds Environment] [full cite] (Feb. 1, 2007)

black water n. A brave West Australian Government is considering asking its residents to at least think about drinking recycled sewage water. In Victoria, the Bracks Government has firmly ruled it out and the Liberals agree there is no need for a move to drink what is known as black water. [English Environment] [full cite] (Jan. 7, 2007)

blackberry winter n. It’s only April 9. It’s early and for most crops in the garden things can be replanted.…There may be some delay in when the crop is harvested, and yield may suffer, but freezes at this time of year are not uncommon. In fact we even have a term for it: “blackberry winter.” [English Environment Colloquial] [full cite] (Apr. 13, 2007)

blow-out n. Many people don’t realise riding over dunes can do untold damage. “It damages the native vegetation and subsequently the dunes. Those pathways lead to what’s called “blow-outs”—producing a funnelling effect of wind from the beach. Even a small footpath can become more and more pronounced and results in the dune moving or retreating hundreds of metres in cases. Browns Beach is a good example. It has now lost two-thirds of the camping ground to the dunes just from fishers traipsing along a narrow path to the beach.” [English Environment Jargon] [full cite] (Nov. 10, 2006)

bokashi n. Bokashi buckets: bokashi is the Japanese word for fermented organic matter, and this system is unusual because it involves both cooked and uncooked kitchen waste. Read the instructions carefully to see what you can and can’t add. It requires two buckets made with a special plastic impregnated with effective microorganisms—friendly bacteria, essentially. These start the breakdown process and work to eliminate odour. [Japanese Environment Plant-life] [full cite] (Jul. 17, 2007)

bootleg trail n. Master Naturalists also spend a lot of time using brush, logs and leaves to obscure what rangers like Mullins refer to as “bootleg trails,” unplanned, unsanctioned paths that have emerged in the mountainside due to the repeated shortcuts of hikers who leave the designated trails. [English Environment] [full cite] (Sep. 4, 2007)

bootleg trail n. No one knows who cut the first bootleg trails. By definition it would have to be after 1937, when the first rope tow was erected on Mt. Mansfield. If charging for a lift lent a certain legitimacy to the sport, it also put pressure on the accessible terrain. Frowned on or not, a little creative pruning mirrored the pioneering hard work that originally cleared the surround pastures.…Runs were cut, and skiers in search of untracked snow traversed further into the woods. [English Environment Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Sep. 4, 2007)

bootleg trail n. If you must camp on undisturbed ground, do what you can to limit soil compaction, the formation of bootleg trails, and the trampling of plants. [English Environment Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Sep. 4, 2007)

bow echo n. The line of thunderstorms had developed into what is known as a bow echo, named because the line of storms surges or “bows” out to the east and northeast due to strong winds associated with the storms. [English Environment Jargon] [full cite] (Apr. 2, 2007)

break-up season n. Warmer weather in Western Canada means the winter thaw of ice and snow—or “break-up season,” as it’s known in the industry—has started early this year, effectively making the winter drilling season two to three weeks shorter than normal. [English Environment] [full cite] (Mar. 15, 2007)

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