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windowing n. If you want to watch new episodes of “Rescue Me,” which airs on News Corp.‘s FX, you’ve got to be patient, then act fast. New episodes don’t show up on Hulu until eight days after they premiere on the cable channel, but they don’t last there for more than a couple of weeks. In TV parlance, this now-you-see-it-now-you-don’t programming is called “windowing,” and casual Hulu users tend not to notice or complain about it. (Apr. 28, 2009) [full citation…]

paladin gun n. But all three men are in jobs that have great potential for putting them in harm’s way. Charles loads artillery shells in what is known as a paladin gun. (Apr. 28, 2009) [full citation…]

aporkalypse n. As a responsible newspaper in serious times—when the world is threatened by climate change, economic collapse and what we are steadfastly refusing to describe as a “hamdemic” or an “aporkalypse”—Metro is very careful to give a balanced view of the major issues of our time. (Apr. 28, 2009) [full citation…]

nonplusment n. Perhaps unsurprisingly—apologies to the good people of 1956 Miami—the reception amid the swizzle sticks and shuffleboards was general nonplusment. (Apr. 28, 2009) [full citation…]

124-man n. The estimable dean was a lifelong crime reporter from the old Herald Tribune, a gentle sage who taught the pick-pocket art of massaging vivid details from a precinct’s “124-man,” the clerk who controlled “good stuff” filed by cops from the beat. (Apr. 27, 2009) [full citation…]

magicology n. Teller was one of the coauthors, and its publication was a signal event in a field some researchers are calling magicology, the mining of stage illusions for insights into brain function. (Apr. 27, 2009) [full citation…]

freetard n. It’s not just the Internet’s so-called freetards who are criticizing the movie industry for stating last week that consumers are not within their rights to make backup copies of legally purchased DVDs. (Apr. 27, 2009) [full citation…]

shake and bake school n. It was home to Tobias Aerospace, where 1,300 mechanics have been tested—mechanics who work on aircraft flying in Texas. What may have happened here is what some experts call a “shake and bake” school—where improperly-certified mechanics got certificates to do business. (Apr. 27, 2009) [full citation…]

in the bag other. After a year training at Burnham Military Camp and in Egypt, he found himself in Crete and “in the bag,” as they called it, a prisoner of war on a bitter journey to the “hell camp” in Germany called Stalag VIIIB. (Apr. 27, 2009) [full citation…]

unison calling n. The breeding adults are noisiest now during the mating ritual, when pairs are engaged in what is known as “unison calling.” They throw their heads back and unleash a stream of songs and rattles, turning their heads back and forth. This throws their voices into many different directions, which makes it tricky to know exactly where the sounds are coming from. Their windpipes form a loop within the breastbone, which makes their calls so resonant. (Apr. 27, 2009) [full citation…]

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