Friedman unit
n.— «Apparently Tom Friedman is saying alternative energy development is about one or two Friedman unit’s (F.U.”s) away. Check back in December!» —“I’m currently watching a tape of last night’s Daily Show” by Attaturk Rising Hegemon June 13, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Courtney in Anchorage, Alaska, and her teenage son disagree: Should that collection of music be called a mixtape or a mixed tape? The former is far more common, and reflects that linguistic process known as lenition or “softening,” in which the -ed...
Books were rare treasures in the Middle Ages, painstakingly copied out by hand. So how to protect them from theft? Scribes sometimes added a curse to the first page of those books that was supposed to keep thieves away — and some were as vicious as...