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liar’s loan n.— «With the advent of “no-doc” and “stated-income” loans—sometimes dubbed the “liar’s loan”—versus full-income disclosure, lenders increasingly face potential exposure to a smorgasbord of...
chimp v.— «No wedding photographer I know uses histograms or “chimps.” They all use an incident light meter and shoot in RAW mode for later post processing. The also shoot in manual exposure based on the incident light meter...
digiroid n.— «I’m afraid everyone would finally see just how much I chimp, errr…I mean, check the exposure via digiroid.» —“We lived!” by Tim Halberg in Santa Barbara, California OpenSourcePhoto May...
pogie n.— «Kitting out for a kayak trip in sub-zero waters demands several layers of thermal underwear, a dry suit, waterproof Neoprene boots, woolly hat, neck warmer, gloves and pogies, a sort of waterproof sock to protect hands from...
ziatype n.— «Kersey uses several processes for printing his pictures, from traditional silver gelatin prints to a mysterious, little-known technique called a ziatype. Named after the Native American word zia, meaning “sun,”...
lindy bomb v. phr.— «To get some exposure and let everyone know about Friday’s dance, we will be lindy bombing turlington plaza on thursday from noon till whenever everyone’s too tired to dance.» —“lindy bomb at...