Quiz Guy John Chaneski donated blood the other day, which inspired this week’s puzzle based on the four blood types, A, B, O, and AB. Each clue involves a pair of words, and the challenge is to donate one of those four blood types to one word to...
ninjinuity n.—Gloss: A high level of ingenuity. «Over the next few days, we try pinning packages back to the Hardy version and downgrading. There are conflicts all over and lots of ninjinuity is required. Sometimes the system won’t boot properly...
old maid n.— «The key to successful popcorn is the roughly 13 percent moisture inside each kernel, which makes it explode under heat. Lose the moisture and you’ve got duds, or what the popcorn industry calls Old Maids.» —“Tricks to making movie...
nixtimalization n.— «The filling of a tamale is encased in a corn dough called “masa.” Masa flour called “masa harina” or “masa seca” is made from large kernel corn which is dried and then treated with lime. This process, known as nixtimalization...
QFE n.— «“Out-of-band releases have some advantages,” he said. “You can more quickly add QFEs and bug fixes, whereas if the functionality is tied into the kernel it takes a much longer time to release.” [Ed note: QFE means quick fix engineering and...