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...
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...