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suitcase provider n. The vast majority of these are very small—in many cases, one-person enterprises or, in the vernacular, “suitcase providers.”…The traditional view is that a “suitcase provider” is a bad thing because it implies someone who is a fly-by-night. Usually, though, they are people who have worked in a profession for many years and provide training through mentoring and coaching. (Oct. 11, 2007) [full citation…]

skittles room n. He went straight to what is known as the “skittles room,” which was not actually a room, but a series of tables where people could play chess for fun before their formal matches. The skittles tables doubled as the gambling pit for several dozen hustlers, who’d come to the tournament not to compete but to ply their trade against skilled players willing to play for high stakes. (Oct. 10, 2007) [full citation…]

generation Q n. The Iraq war may be a mess, but I noticed at Auburn and Old Miss more than a few young men and women proudly wearing their R.O.T.C. uniforms. Many of those not going abroad have channeled their national service impulses into increasingly popular programs at home like “Teach for America,” which has become to this generation what the Peace Corps was to mine. It’s for all these reasons that I’ve been calling them “Generation Q”—the Quiet Americans, in the best sense of that term, quietly pursuing their idealism, at home and abroad. But Generation Q may be too quiet, too online, for its own good, and for the country’s own good. (Oct. 10, 2007) [full citation…]

trade turkeys v. phr. I’ve seen firsthand how exasperatingly difficult it has been for principals to oust abusive, incapable or negligent teachers who are protected by a powerful union. Instead, some principals would privately agree to swap problem teachers in a process known as “trading turkeys.” (Oct. 10, 2007) [full citation…]

barefoot hole n. In the Cabin Creek area, for example, we drill a well to the top of a formation we’re targeting and then we case it off.…Then we drill into the targeted formation what is known as a “barefoot hole.” That is, you’re drilling an open hole. There’s no pipe or cement. Then what we’ve been doing is we’ve been conducting a drill stem test [DST]. The traditional way is to drill the hole to TD [total depth] and case the entire well. (Oct. 10, 2007) [full citation…]

camp leg n. I think Randy had his best practice today since the first couple of days of camp. It’s different for every player, you get what I call camp legs and I think Randy had a little bit of that on Saturday night. His legs were dead and he didn’t have a lot of bounce to his legs. (Oct. 10, 2007) [full citation…]

walk the wafer v. phr. After the three processing strategies were defined, a process called “walk the wafer” was carried out to specifically define every step of the procedures that would be used during wafer processing. This included wafer movement, factory software systems, and location and use of the factory automation auto ID system for lot identification. (Oct. 10, 2007) [full citation…]

Mr. Stanley n. Mr Stanley is used by street thugs as a term for a craft knife. (Oct. 10, 2007) [full citation…]

biobrick n. Rob Carlson notes that the emerging biotechnology of using standardized, modular biological parts to assemble synthetic organisms (or “genetically engineered machines”) is already seeing its first intellectual property dust-up. From early on, these standardized, modular biological parts (SMBPs) have been referred to as “biobricks”—a pretty common-sense term, evoking both the classic image of basic components for building structures and the snap-together, make-what-you-want construction fun of LEGO. It was so common sense that the organization seeking to create and referee standards decided to call itself the BioBricks Foundation (BBF), and to slap a trademark on the term “biobrick.” The BBF is now actively admonishing people who use “biobrick” in a generic way to describe SMBPs. (Oct. 10, 2007) [full citation…]

mandy n. In some organisations, people refer to their annual vacation as “mandy”—short for “mandatory leave”—an interesting corporate euphemism that implies executives are so engrossed with their work, they need to be literally ordered out of office. (Oct. 9, 2007) [full citation…]

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