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RFE n. We keep a catalog of good ideas called “RFEs” (requests for enhancement). (Dec. 23, 2004) [full citation…]

button farm n. I hate “button farm’ remotes—like the one Toshiba used for the SD-H400. Terrible design, rows of similar buttons. (Dec. 23, 2004) [full citation…]

joint other. Marine Lt. Gen. Jan C. Huly, the Corps’ deputy commandant for plans, policies and operations, said in a separate interview today that he believes history will show the war on terrorism is the most joint operation U.S. forces have ever undertaken. “Probably history will show that when we get done, or when we start analyzing even more closely what we’re doing in Iraq and Afghanistan, they’re going to say, “Boy that was the most joint that we’ve ever operated,”” Huly said. (Dec. 23, 2004) [full citation…]

jointness n. What Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom have done is caused us as a department and as services to look where we have commonality and jointness across our formations so we can help each other out and kind of spread out the burden across the force. And that’s what we see happening,” he said. (Dec. 23, 2004) [full citation…]

long tail n. The long tail will become the talk of the “old line” media world. (Dec. 23, 2004) [full citation…]

Jacks interj. The accusation being levelled by Cureton was that Sidwell had “cheated” by calling “Jacks’—footballing parlance for “leave it”—just as the QPR striker was about to accept a pass from Marcus Bignot on the edge of Reading’s box. Trusting the call, Cureton let the ball run between his legs, but instead of receiving the return pass from a team-mate, he looked up to discover Sidwell standing there with the ball at his feet which he quickly cleared out of danger. (Dec. 23, 2004) [full citation…]

Kringlephobia n. Fear of Santa, or Kringlephobia as child psychologists refer to it, is fairly age-specific, Claus said (Dec. 23, 2004) [full citation…]

dry hole n. The Sunday night raid was what soldiers here call a “dry hole.” They received an intelligence tip, and it led to nothing. (Dec. 23, 2004) [full citation…]

doppelbanger n. A second reviewer claims that the video is dated July 3, 1997, and estimates that Davis—or maybe her doppelbanger—was 27 at the time. “She sure looks a lot and sounds a lot like the real deal,” the reviewer says. (Dec. 23, 2004) [full citation…]

challenge coin n. Challenge coin rules only apply to other individuals who also have a challenge coin. A holder of a challenge coin may “challenge” any individual who is known to have a coin. A challenge is made by withdrawing a coin and raising it in the air or by tapping it on a bar or table. The individual who is challenged is required to produce their coin within 60 seconds. If the individual produces the coin, the challenger is obligated to buy them a drink. If the challenged individual fails to produce the coin, they are obligated to buy the drink. The reward does NOT have to be an alcoholic beverage. It can be a soda or any other reward that the two individuals agree on. If a coin is dropped and it hits the floor, the ownder is obligated to buy drinks for anyone who hears or sees the coin hit the floor (provided they have their coin on them). Coin challengers are known to strike anywhere at anytime. They insidiously stalk the challenge, waiting for just the right moment to attack. An innocent bystander may never hear the challenge—only the challengee’s despairing cry, “…Ah ____! I forgot mine!” (Dec. 22, 2004) [full citation…]

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