bag drag n.— «As the son of an international airline captain and a pilot in the Marine Corps for 22 years, I have spent a lot of time in the back—and front—of aircraft.…On a recent ski trip to Utah, I did not enjoy doing the “bag drag” to a...
heli-stepping n.— «Just dropping off the crew can be risky. The pilot might have to hold the Super Huey on one of its two landing skids against the side of mountain. Other times, the pilot hovers just above the top of the brush and the firefighters...
jinky adj.— «I got this yesterday, I thought it was just me. Except that the screen went all jinky and I had to do a soft reset. Very strange.» —“Re: Reseating Stylus in PalmPro turns it off” by W. Gary Martin (wgary@ibm.net) Usenet: alt.comp.sys...
archaearium n.— «One answer is what he calls an archaearium, a “non-building” with copper roofing and glass walls over interactive exhibits and an open floor showing the excavation of a house that was probably burned during Bacon’s Rebellion of...
Ja-well-no-fine other.— «The blurb reads: “The intention is to pilot various healthcare models to focus on cost-effective and quality healthcare delivery that is comprehensively measured by clinical outcomes.” Ja-well-no-fine.» —“Grapevine:...