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dead tree n. You sure aint gonna get a lot from just this small excerpt of The Book. I suggest, and it’d be in your slack-gaining ways’ best interest, to spend ANOTHER $$ on the dead tree edition. It’s slightly more verbose. (Jun. 15, 2006) [full citation…]

battery chucker n. The Fox smash “Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy” has asked the Daily News to help them find a Bronx Bombers backer whose family is just as nuts about the Yanks. “I refer to them as battery chuckers, hard-core fans.” (Jun. 15, 2006) [full citation…]

bingo n. In this situation, hatred is easy to generate. The “other” is shown as somehow less than human. Pejorative names are routinely applied: thus, “gooks,” “ragheads,” “sand niggers,” and “bingos” become part of everyday vocabulary. (Jun. 15, 2006) [full citation…]

Stimpmeter n. When Tillinghast designed Winged Foot, greens seldom ran much past seven or eight, based on the current speed readings from the Stimpmeter, a device invented in the mid-1930s by Eddie Stimson and adopted and modified by the USGA in 1978. It is the universal method for measuring green speed. (Jun. 15, 2006) [full citation…]

knock-and-talk n. A knock-and-talk search works like this: Police officers go to the door of a residence in which they suspect illegal activity is occurring. They knock, introduce themselves as a police officer, and ask to come in and talk. If the resident says yes, they enter the home and look around for signs of drugs or illegal alcohol. If they see any, they detain the resident(s) in the dwelling while calling for a warrant that allow them to legally search for the evidence they saw during the visit. (Jun. 15, 2006) [full citation…]

point cloud n. As part of their 3D laser scanning expertise, the company’s engineers are highly skilled in creating surface models from the 3D scan data which is also referred to as a “point cloud.” (Jun. 15, 2006) [full citation…]

breast ironing n. This practice, referred to as “breast ironing,” occurs extensively in the 10 provinces of Cameroon. In an effort to prevent adolescent breasts from developing, implements such as grinding stones, pestles, ladles and spatulas are heated, then used to massage the chests of girls. Other approaches may also be resorted to. (Jun. 15, 2006) [full citation…]

bench jockeying n. Baseball not being a repository of deep thought, players on opposing teams used to stand in the dugout and hurl insults at [Jackie] Robinson. “Bench jockeying,” as it’s known, has a long tenure in the sport, but it’s usually focused on things like weight or facial features. In Pittsburgh one day, Greenberg was playing first base while a pocket of teammates hollered at Robinson: “Hey, coal mine!” (Jun. 14, 2006) [full citation…]

cardiac save n. Kudos as well to the Jays’ Roy Halladay, who won his seventh straight decision, and the Cardinals’ Chris Carpenter, who matched Santana’s 13 strikeouts and got a win to boot after closer Jason Isringhausen picked up yet another “cardiac save” (Harold Reynolds-coined term). (Jun. 14, 2006) [full citation…]

couverture n. Each week, Siegel and his five full-time employees use more than 1,000 pounds of couverture, the term for professional-grade chocolate. Siegel is a perfectionist. His aim is no less than “to produce the world’s finest chocolates.” The house chocolate, a 65 percent bittersweet, is made by blending couverture from several chocolate manufacturers. (Jun. 14, 2006) [full citation…]

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