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grunt v. Gary Revell gets up every morning before sunrise, heads into the woods and grunts. Not because it’s so early. It’s the term for coaxing worms from the ground by the hundreds to be scooped up and plopped in a tin can until he can sell them for fishing bait. He pounds a two-foot wooden “stob” or stake into the earth and rubs it with a 10-pound piece of flat iron. The vibration or “grunting” causes worms to panic, and they wriggle from the ground. For years it was just a guess why. (Jun. 21, 2009) [full citation…]

Facebook degree n. The University of Salford is set to offer a MA/PgDip in Social Media—unofficially referred to as the “Facebook Degree.” (Jun. 21, 2009) [full citation…]

dollar banana n. Bananas from these countries are called “dollar bananas” because they are exported to North America and produced by American companies. (Jun. 21, 2009) [full citation…]

ununbium n. The ubiquitous periodic table will soon have a new addition—the “super-heavy” element 112. [...] IUPAC temporarily named the element ununbium, as “ununbi” is derived from the figures “one one two” in Latin; but Professor Hofmann’s team now has the task of proposing its official name. (Jun. 21, 2009) [full citation…]

citizen science n. The result is an impressively long-running example of “citizen science,” the term for projects in which amateurs gather field data for future research, making up in numbers what we lack in training and expertise. (Jun. 21, 2009) [full citation…]

snorage n. Such a bidding war brings some unaccustomed excitement to what has been referred to as the “snorage” market. It also reflects the growing demand for storage services and the particular value placed on Data Domain’s “deduplication” expertise, which saves space by eliminating the enormous amount of a company’s duplicate data. (Jun. 21, 2009) [full citation…]

MobMov n. Guerrilla drive-ins or “MobMovs”—shorthand for mobile movies—are popping up around the country in a variety of configurations. Unlike Young’s old-school use of real film, guerrilla drive-ins typically eschew the analog in favor of DVDs and LCD projectors. [...] And though they’re decidedly DIY-style, all aspiring MobMovers are urged to keep it legal and secure required approvals from property owners and film distributors, who charge roughly $150 to $300 for a showing. (Jun. 21, 2009) [full citation…]

dadliness n. Gradually, through coping with Florida’s tantrums and his fellow fathers’ foibles, he acquires an understanding of what “dadliness” (as he calls it) is all about. And in the process, he develops a deeper and more heartfelt appreciation of his own long-suffering father. (Jun. 21, 2009) [full citation…]

jam track n. These give you access to set of intermediate lessons and “jam tracks” which serve as background loops for you to practice what you’ve learned. (Jun. 21, 2009) [full citation…]

scalejacking n. Dave Balter coined this great term. It describes the quest of marketers for size at all costs. Because marketers were raised on the scale of mass—TV, radio, newspapers—they have a churn and burn mentality. The internet turns this upside down. The internet is about who, not how many. The internet lets you take really good care of 100 people instead of harassing 2,000. Yet, panicked marketers still look for scale (How many followers can we get? What can we do with a Facebook fan page?) and then hijack that attention, hoping to filter out the masses and get a few sales. Scalejacking inevitably tarnishes most communities, because individuals (people) hate being treated like numbers just standing by to be filtered. (Jun. 17, 2009) [full citation…]

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