bullet catcher n.— «Congress just decided to take all the women out of combat support MOS fields like mine, probably relegating them to service jobs like Finance, Personnel, and various orderly rooms and S1-S3 kind of roles. This means...
hogger n.— «The charge followed the death of Kevin Arnup, a foreman at the firm, in December 2003 as an industrial paper shredder, or hogger, restarted as he tried to clear a blockage.» —“Manslaughter charge for recycling firm after...
horse blanket n. a large, complex, or comprehensive report or chart. Etymological Note: Probably derives from a size comparison of sheets of chart paper to actual horse blankets. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
horse blanket n.— «Horse blanket Very large sheet of paper pasted on a wall and used to brief complex data or diagrams.» —“Appendix A—Informal Staff Language” by U.S. Army ST7000, Action Officer Development Course...
ziatype n.— «I’m getting interested in trying some alternative processes like kallitype and ziatype. For this, I’ll need to convert 35 mm negs and positives to 8X10, 11X14 etc. paper negatives for the contact printing.» —“Paper...
ziatype n.— «Kersey uses several processes for printing his pictures, from traditional silver gelatin prints to a mysterious, little-known technique called a ziatype. Named after the Native American word zia, meaning “sun,”...