Hello, language-lovers — This past weekend’s episode is a delicious re-airing of a show from last spring, tackling great catchprases, Fibber McGee drawers, autocorrected text messages, annoying verbal fillers (“um”) and a...
silo funding other.— «But they don’t just dole out money and tell communities where to spend it. “That’s what you call silo funding—pour money in at the top and let it just come out at the bottom.”» —“Faith, Hope&Mdash;No...
—fu suffix— «The purpose is to make a button generator accessable from the web where users can create their sets of images. I do this with the Perl-Fu.» —“Hello!” by Hans Svensson (hans@ITcampus.org) Usenet:...
brownfield n.— «The legislation offers incentives for the public and private redevelopment of former industrial sites (some are contaminated—also known as brownfields) into new housing and economic development opportunities...