gesture security n.— «His agency would mix up the deployment of the marshals, presumably to fool the bad guys. This, of course, assumes the bad guys had prior knowledge of which flights the incognito air marshals would be on. Unless I’m...
windorphin n.— «Windorphins is the latest buzzword in eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) CEO Meg Whitman’s vernacular. It’s the contraction of winning and endorphins, and it’s what the world’s leading online marketplace is hoping to stir up as it...
woolly booger n.— «A forum…gave spectators ample opportunity to observe first-hand the delicate and demanding skills required to create a bit of hook and fluff realistic enough to fool a wild trout.…Juniors worked on the...
evil twin n.— «So how does an evil twin attack work? Let’s say that I’m a hacker. I set up my computer to transmit a signal that turns my PC into an access point, or Wi-Fi hotspot. I’ll even give it a legitimate-sounding name, like T...
pant-load n. 1 a. nonsense; rubbish; (a crock of) shit. 1 b. a despicable person; a fool. 2. a large amount. Etymological Note: From a literal meaning of pant-load as “turds; the product of a bowel movement,” especially when copious...
chimp v. to take a digital photo and look at it on the camera’s screen. Editorial Note: The term probably comes from scornful references to amateur photographers as “chimps,” a term which is used in other contexts to mean a fool or...