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tin bender n.— «Mills was transferred in March 1943 to Norman, Okla., where she began training in sheet metal and welding. Her rate of pay was $96 a month. The Navy was training her to be an aviation metal smith, or “tin...
claytronics n.— «Serious research is already underway heading down the path to programmable matter. Called “claytronics” at Carnegie-Mellon University, and “dynamic physical rendering” at Intel (which is supporting...
vinyl village n.— «There are so many barriers to producing good design solutions that the path of least resistance has led us to vinyl villages of franchised architecture surrounded by seas of asphalt.» —by Kenneth B. Hall, Gerald A...
swole n.— «I just got finished with my second workout for the day. I’m on my path to “swole.” That’s the slang for getting muscular and cut.» —“Monday Night…Path To Swole!” by Donnie Donnie’s...
desireway n.— «Someone told me a while back about desireways, a term coined by a landscaper way back when. Pathways are paved, say, through a campus park, usually forming square shapes in the land like regular roads, meant to bring you...
lolicom n.— «It seems that the path of yaoi growth is exactly the same as that of lolicom thing: from doujinshi to anthologies and magazines.» —“Re: The Shoujo Myth” by W2/JH1CUV Usenet: rec.arts.manga Dec. 19...