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Goldilocks effect

Goldilocks effect  attrib.— «Comparative geology between Earth, Venus and Mars. And, hopefully, possibly answering questions where climate and geology are interrelated, like the “goldilocks effect” where Venus is too hot, Mars...

drawbreak

drawbreak  n.— «That bench over there is called a schnitzel bank by the Pennsylvania Dutch. If you were English, you’d refer to it as a drawbreak.» —“Have Broadax—Will Time Travel” Mother Earth News Nov.-Dec., 1985...

Katrina cough

Katrina cough  n.— «Many people returning to New Orleans have reported sore throats, runny noses, and a nagging hack that has been coined the “Katrina cough.” Some experts are linking the cough to extremely high levels of mold...

spime

spime  n.— «The next stage is an object that does not exist yet. It needs a noun, so that we can think about it. We can call it a “Spime,” which is a neologism for an imaginary object that is still speculative.» —“When...

wedding map

wedding map  n.— «New styles include the Line Drive Maps, once only available to end-users, which makes a “stick map” or schematic from complex directions. Trina Seinfeld, Lead Product Manager in the MapPoint Business Unit...

slime-grafting

slime-grafting  n.— «The only foolproof technique we know of is called hide-grafting, which incorporates another procedure known as slime-grafting. The combined practice entails confining the ewe in a hurdle, then skinning her dead lamb...

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