crowdsourcing n.— «Mechanical Turk’s customers are corporations. By contrast, ChaCha.com, a start-up in Carmel, Ind., uses artificial artificial intelligence—sometimes also called crowdsourcing—to help individual computer users find...
small little n.— «While Tom Bigler made his mark on the Wilkes community with an accumulation of “small littles,” George F. Ralston, affectionately known for years after his retirement simply as “The Dean,” is...
shoulder tap n.— «They wanted a six pack and offered him money to get it for them. It’s a technique known as a shoulder tap: An underage individual waits outside a liquor store and asks someone who is of age if they will buy them some...
pup n.— «They have falafel “pups,” a neat colloquial term for individual falafel patties.» —“Ethnic eating option around town” by J.J. DaSilva in University of Alabama Crimson...
needle drop n.— «A needle drop or Drop License is a license that requires payment for individual songs. The prices for each song vary depending on the type of production in which the song is being used. The rule of thumb when pricing Drop...
liar’s loan n.— «You rarely hear anything about individual borrowers who tell little white lies, the ones who obtain so-called “liar loans,” but they’re just as prevalent, if not more so. A young New Jersey couple, “the...