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kul shee maku n.— «“It’s always kul shee maku ,” said Sgt. Rob Hammer, a 32-year-old squad leader from Sublette, Kan., reciting the Arabic phrase for “there is nothing,” which the entire platoon has memorized...
chipmunk n.— «Turns out “chipmunk” is a colloquial term for a little battery-powered yellow circular saw, explains project leader Kate Drake, who adopted the slang after hearing it while working on a Habitat house in Houston...
flash bang n.— «Police Capt. Cunningham cited a December drug raid in which a woman was killed when a police diversionary explosive device, commonly known as a “flash bang,” was hurled into a rock house. Other officers...
didge n.— «Phil Jones, the workshop leader and didgeridude, welcomed me with a warm invitation to choose a “didge” (as they are called by the initiated) and join the group.» —“Can You Didge It?” by Wendy C...
dog leg n.— «It deployed ESS in a well with the highest changes in well path direction, commonly called “dog leg” in oil field parlance.» —“SPDC Emerges World Leaders in ESS: Accounts for 55% of Shell Total” by...
telesender n.— «After the course of which, Tharl, the leader of the Phoebe aliens, arrives by telesender—another name for a matter teleporter—and challenges Dan to a fencing duel which he looses.» —“Dan Dare: Pilot Of The Future:...