Tagjargon

IDP

IDP  n.— «Many scrape by in Jabal Ulia, Jabaronna or Wad Al-Bashir—government-run camps for internally displaced persons—IDPs, in refugee argot—on the outskirts of Khartoum.» —“The Art of Flight” by Davin A...

C4ISR

C4ISR  n.— «China is building more missiles and also appears to be focusing on depriving either side’s defenses from finding its missiles and thus concentrates on attacking their command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance...

double-f school

double-f school  n.— «Schools in “certain” neighborhoods still have fewer advanced classes, more broken equipment, older facilities and less community involvement. They tend, in the parlance of modern education, to be Double-F...

double-f school

double-f school  n.— «The Smart School in Lauderhill, flagged by school district officials Tuesday as a possible “double-F” school, has struggled since it opened in 1999 as Broward’s first charter middle school.» —“Smart...