paper boarding n.— «Under the current policy, after 48 months of service E-4s serving in military specialties with shortages are automatically placed on a promotions list. Although a soldier’s name can be removed by his or her commander...
audio puppeteering n.— «To that end Mr. Stanton enlisted the man who created the grammar of the “Star Wars” robot R2D2, the veteran sound designer Ben Burtt. Mr. Stanton wrote a conventional script—“Hi, I’m Wall-E”—and Mr. Burtt...
kudocast n.— «Comedian Carlos Mencia has been tapped to host this year’s Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on Sept. 8. Produced by John Moffitt, Lee Miller and Spike Jones, Jr., the kudocast will air on E! on...
V-tail n.— «Electronic commerce, for all of its ease and convenience, still doesn’t offer the same feeling of browsing a physical store. That’s all about to change, however. The gap is narrowing as retailers enter the Second Life virtual...
one-thumbing n.— «In the stop and go traffic, I counted 14 people, nine men and five women, clearly checking their e-mail or trying to communicate via their mobile phones. It’s become so common among the wired work set that there’s even a...
email bankruptcy n.— «The term “e-mail bankruptcy” may have been coined as early as 1999 by a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who studies the relationship between people and technology. Professor Sherry Turkle...