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boot-lipped adj. Rob Cypher is a boot lipped, blue gummed, tree swinging, fecal colored, flat-congo-nosed, welfare leeching, crack smoking, hubcap stealing, Fried-chicken and biscuit eating, watermelon-stealing, fat- assed, greasy afro-sheen, baggy-pants, and side-ways cap-wearing, obtuse, sub-human, nappy haired little gutter chimp JIGABOO ASSED NIGGER. (Jun. 17, 2009) [full citation…]

brown out v. phr. The Redwood City Fire Department can stave off “browning out” one engine by cutting one fire firefighter per truck on all companies—a move that significantly limits the ability to respond to emergencies but will protect service in downtown. [...] The change is “extremely risky” and cuts response capacity by 50 percent but is worth managing rather than face browning out Engine 9 to save approximately $400,000 in overtime costs, Skinner said. “Browning out” a station or engine is an alternative to completely closing it, or “blacking” it out. (Jun. 16, 2009) [full citation…]

shiprider n. It’s just one of many possible dilemmas facing an increasing number of private security companies who offer armed escorts—known in the industry as “shipriders”—from Somali pirates. The few companies that have begun offering armed escorts say their services have become increasingly popular since the April hijacking of the American-flagged Maersk Alabama. (Jun. 16, 2009) [full citation…]

gasper n. Autoerotic death is, usually, an accidental death while attempting to achieve orgasm via some form of asphyxiation. Estimates have placed deaths from this practice, in the United States, at between 500-1,000 per year. Other names for autoerotic partial asphyxia are scarfing, breath control play, edge play or asphyxiophilia. [...] People who engage in it are often referred to as gaspers. (Jun. 16, 2009) [full citation…]

pinger v. As searchers continue to comb thousands of square miles of ocean for debris from Air France Flight 447, their success could hinge on a device the size of a small flashlight that may well have been manufactured on Cape Cod. French authorities have deployed a submarine that will try to locate the plane’s data and voice recorders—the so-called “black boxes”—by detecting signals emitted by the underwater locator beacons attached to them. These beacons, more commonly known as “pingers,” are produced by only a few certified companies worldwide, including Teledyne Benthos in North Falmouth. (Jun. 16, 2009) [full citation…]

hindcast v. In his own work—which has included searches for objects ranging from containers of pollutants to crashed airliners—Fish uses a process called hindcasting. The process begins with documenting the exact location of debris found floating on the surface, and then using weather and water current information to calculate where it came from. (Jun. 16, 2009) [full citation…]

contempt-of-cop arrest n. “Once Pirone put his hands on Grant,” Burris said, “he knew he had to arrest him. He had to justify why he put his hands on him.” Burris said Pirone and other officers were angry that Grant and his friends had cursed at them and belittled them for being transit officers. “This was what I call a contempt-of-cop arrest,” Burris said. “The cop doesn’t like your attitude.” (Jun. 16, 2009) [full citation…]

fallstreak hole n. “Hole punch clouds,” also known as “fallstreak holes,” occur when patches of high cloud freeze and fall as ice crystals, leaving a dramatic gap behind. (Jun. 16, 2009) [full citation…]

schoobrary n. You may recall that when the idea of placing a school in a planned downtown library (an idea we’ve taken to calling a schoobrary) surfaced late last year, concerns arose about the increased construction costs that would result since schools are subject to stricter building standards. (Jun. 16, 2009) [full citation…]

brain gang n. A few years ago, Netflix offered a million dollars to anyone out there who could design a system to improve their system of rating DVDs by 10 percent. 17,000 submissions came in from the public. Dell Computers, once almost crippled by service policies that turned off its own customers in droves, turned itself around by embracing customers and their ideas. Several of Dell’s current models incorporate major design changes which came directly from civilians at its “IdeaStorm” website, the content of which is completely customer-driven. This kind of thing is sometimes called a “brain gang,” and it’s something more and more private companies are employing as a cost effective way of drawing on the talents of a community to solve problems. (Jun. 16, 2009) [full citation…]

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