puffer machine n.— «In airports with puffer machines, passengers are asked to step into a portal as they approach security. Once inside, jets of air blow in rapid sequence to dislodge trace particles from the passenger’s clothes and skin...
white-label adj.— «There are three RBC locations providing a total of at least six machines. Oddly enough, there’s a white-label machine there too…wouldn’t surprise me if RBC owned it.» —“Re: ATM Convenience...
hogger n. a machine used to compact or shred waste materials. Editorial Note: Despite the use in the name of some industrial shredding machines, this term does not appear to be brand- or manufacturer-specific, nor does it appear to be trademarked...
wristband generation n.— «“Generation Gap,” or “the wristband generation,” is the latest demographic acronym to emerge from the bowels of our marketing-friendly modern political machine.» —“Generation...
maytag v.— «In river-guide parlance, I was being “Maytagged,” spun as if I were inside an enormous, violent washing machine.» —“The Calculus of Risk” by Mark Jenkins Outside (U.S.) July, 2005...
genny n.— «His generator, or “genny,” as he called it, was not strong enough to support a washing machine, which was a major headache for his family.» —“Power only recently brightens small Welsh community” by...