Do you store files on a flash drive, a thumb drive, a USB stick — or perhaps on a monkey? What do you call the little device that holds flash memory and goes into the USB drive of a computer? Some come in wild forms, like sushi or animals. This is...
Katie in Boston, who grew up near Buffalo, knew the plastic-string camp craft as boondoggle, while friends in Boston called the material or activity gimp and others called it lanyard. Boondoggle appears to have arisen in scouting near Rochester, New...
lob bomb n.— «The military refers to it as an IRAM. I think it’s “improvised rocket-assisted mortar” or something—some ridiculous term like that. But we refer to it as a “lob bomb,” because they use a truck and a ramp-type device to just...
CBC n.— «And CBCs (Canadian-born Chinese), or “bananas,” also commonly use the term FOB to distance themselves from new Chinese immigrants.» —“The feud and the firebomb” by San Grewal Toronto...
haji n.— «Many haji shops have signs out front of them that read “hajee shop” so it seems at least these proprietors don’t mind the term.» —“Fobbits and other Iraqi critters” by Steve Smith in FOB...
wire n.— «Those of us who conduct missions “outside the wire’ on a regular basis have come up with a variety of terms to refer to those who remain safe and comfortable on base.» —“Fobbits and other Iraqi critters” by...
