sigtronic n.— «Billed as a “sigtronic collection of street-savvy, culture-conscious clothes that communicate, identify, and remember,” the standing-room only show featured technology-based apparel.…The future of Boston...
crypsis n.— «The correlation between body weight and the presence of horns in females may be a consequence of the relation between body weight and antipredator behavior in antelopes: smaller species rely on crypsis or flight while large...
hog-dogging n. 1. a (blood) sport in which trained dogs corner (wild) pigs; 2. showing off; hot-dogging. Editorial Note: Though both are often called hog-dogging, some participants make a distinction between hog-baying, in which the dogs are only...
hypersigil n. a creative work that via the medium of its artificial universe changes its creator, its observers, the real world, or other things. Etymological Note: hyper ‘over, beyond, or above’ ‘+ sigil ‘a seal or sign claimed to have occult or...
bouma shape n.— «In visual terms, a word is distinguished by its characters’ relation to the white space surrounding it and the nature of its letter face (for instance, small thin strokes are common to handwriting, and thick short strokes...