viewshed n. the landscape or topography visible from a geographic point, especially that having aesthetic value. Etymological Note: This term is directly related to watershed ‘an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different...
fanon n.— «Writers and readers maintain a strict distinction between “canon,” the original works as Rowling wrote them, and “fanon,” the embellished, alternative retelling by fans. (In canon, Draco Malfoy is evil;...
shadow ad n.— «It would be difficult to find a clearer example of the mingling of real news and advertising than the “watermark” ads The Times started offering in late September. Advertising images are printed faintly...
watermark ad n.— «It would be difficult to find a clearer example of the mingling of real news and advertising than the “watermark” ads The Times started offering in late September. Advertising images are printed faintly...
stiff v.— «There was another single, “Listen To Me” (on which Nash probably participates), a fine commercial record which was (as usual) an English smash and an American stiff.…A slow-paced single called “The...
suck out v. phr.— «Frymer also had a distinction that he never experienced before at the World Series: He was the one who knocked out someone head-to-head, or as he called it, “sucked out” the opponent. “In the early...