demanufacturing
n.— «“Pretty much everything with an electronic pulse, we deal with,” said CEO David Kutoff. Materials Processing takes apart TVs and other equipment, a process known as “demanufacturing,” and separates the plastic, circuit boards, leaded glass and other components before shipping them to specialized firms to be melted or smelted.» —“Minnesota’s E-waste: Talking high-tech trash” by Tom Meersman Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota) Dec. 26, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
A librarian opens a book and finds a mysterious invitation scribbled on the back of a business card. Another discovers a child’s letter to the Tooth Fairy, tucked into a book decades ago. What stories are left untold by these forgotten...
Deb in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, says that when her mother was disappointed or annoyed she’d say Wouldn’t that just cork you? The idea here is that in the same way that a cork that stops up a bottle, an unexpected or irritating event...