glass ball environment n.— «Iraq, in intelligence parlance, was a “glass ball environment,” meaning the weather was often conducive to collecting images from above.» —“Poor Intelligence Misled Troops About Risk of Drawn...
snag n.— «The burn had consumed four acres when Holmes and a few other team members approached a tree known in forestry parlance as a “snag”—dead or dying timber that poses a threat of falling.» —“Firefighter Crushed to...
by catch n.— «It is estimated that Dirty Fishing, also known as “by catch,” results in the accidental death and waste of 44 million pounds of sea life worldwide every year, though exact figures in the U.S. are difficult to...
MOOP
n.— «MOOP bags and pick-up-sticks.» —“Re: Protest Silicon Satan’s Attack on Burning Man” Usenet: talk.environment Oct. 30, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Toyotarisation n.— «Andrew Goudie, professor of geography at Oxford University, blames the process of Toyotarisation—a coinage reflecting the near-ubiquitous desert use of Toyota Land Cruisers—for destroying a thin crust of lichen and...
Toyotaisation n.— «“The world is getting a lot dustier,” he said. The reasons included land use changes caused by growing populations, such as deforestation and overgrazing, but Toyota-isation, a word coined by him to mean...