garbage time n.—Gloss: in American sports, “garbage time” refers to the remaining minutes of a game whose outcome is already apparent. «He is trailing in the polls. His numbers are static. Unless he does something now, right...
vision clearance engineer n.— «Vision Clearance Engineer has been voted the daftest job title of all time, crowning a growing list of appointments whose descriptions seem designed to bemuse rather than inspire. The euphemism for window...
sleepover n.— «A poll worker, election official, technician, or other person who had private access to a machine for as little as one minute could use these methods without detection. Poll workers often do have such access; for instance...
positoid
n.— «Of course it isn’t safe. But you automatically get HIV if you have protected sex with a positoid.» —“Re: Poll” by Zoe Usenet: alt.gothic Dec. 9, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
dipstick survey n. a poll that asks open-ended questions to solicit opinions or information, especially on a single issue; an informal or unscientific poll. Also dipstick poll. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
dipstick poll n.— «Afterward, he said, he will ask viewers to call a 900 number in a “crude dipstick” poll to determine whether Americans want political reform or not.» —“And now, here’s Ross—again Perot to kick off new...