bang out
v.— «In Boston, when one “Bangs out,” it means to call in sick for your shift. Conversely, the police “Bang IN.”» —“Question” by gary.saffer@mondo.org (Gary Saffer) Usenet: sci.optics.fiber Jan. 18, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
terp n.— «One of the most pleasant and rewarding contacts we (husband and I) had with deaf signers was at a lunchj where one of the other hearing people who signed, (actually a terp, but off duty) was willing to both sign and voice interpret back...
rail
n.— «After a biker-rail of meth, i wanna do something. after a biker-rail of blow, i wanna do more blow.» —“Re: Crank and coke comparision—question” by Capt. Meat Usenet: alt.drugs.hard Dec. 6, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
ARC
n.— «Mary asks whether the bound galley is the same as the ARC. No, the ARC—the Advance Reader’s Copy—is still to come.» —“Bound galley question” by S.J. Rozan Progress Mar. 3, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
skiddiot n.— «It was my thought that if you used the psd module, and then passed packets that fit it to a separate chain, you could TARPIT them there, thus managing to minimize the use of resources on your box, whilst frustrating the...
J. Lo n.— «A Wall Street broker recently e-mailed a question to the online financial dictionary Investopedia.com: “What’s a Bo Derek?” He didn’t know that the actress who played Dudley Moore’s vision of the perfect woman in the 1979 movie “10” is...
