data Valdez
n.— «Two articles on health insurer’s privacy problem (from Washington Post and SF Chronicle). Good example of a data valdez!» —“HMO Breaches Members’ Privacy” Usenet: alt.privacy Aug. 23, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Many of us struggled with the Old English poem “Beowulf” in high school. But what if you could actually hear “Beowulf” in the English of today? There’s a new translation by Maria Dahvana Headley that uses contemporary...
In the 15th century, the word respair meant “to have hope again.” Although this word fell out of use, it’s among dozens collected in a new book of soothing vocabulary for troubled times. Plus, baseball slang: If a batter...