auroral chorus n.— «Those sounds are now commonly known as atmospheric or natural radio, auroral chorus and VLF (“very low frequency” phenomena).» —“Guggenheim Scholar to Study Implications of ‘Atmospheric...
boot mail n.— «Raytheon Company has demonstrated that a new personal computer application, the PDA 184, eliminates the need for deployed troops to download e-mail files to a disc and hand-carry them from one type of military radio to...
Bombadan n.— «Ramadan becomes a shopping holiday—this is a good thing for a holiday some have coined “Bombadan” because of the frequency of bombings during this period.» —“The Ramadan shopping season” by Ed...
fotofacial RF n.— «She has been going in for a procedure called “fotofacial RF,” which uses intense pulses of light and radio frequency to interfere with melanin production in the skin.» —“For some women, it’s beauty and...
circuit bending n.— «The creative short circuit, or the technique that I call circuit bending, is a form of hardware hacking or modding, but with two important differences. First, whereas hackers usually know something about electronics...
lesbian bed death n.— «Greta is more interested in sex than her partner, Jen. If the frequency or intensity of their sex life slips a bit, Greta is convinced it is the beginning of “lesbian bed death.”» —by D. Merilee...