blue top n.— «It did issue a thinly detailed “blue top”—Pentagon slang for a press release—which says how much the budget request is.» —“DOD denies reporters budget prep time” by Pamela Hess Monsters and...
mumble attack n.— «Online cell-phone record vendors placed hundreds of thousands of calls to Verizon customer service requesting customer account information while posing as Verizon employees from the company’s “special needs...
armchair pilot n.— «One of the most popular radio shows locally is WESB’s “Midnight Clipper.”…Former U.S.A.A.F. hotpilot George Ward does the disc-jockey work, and sends an armchair pilot’s “license” to all...
Fedders building n.— «The recent proliferation on detached house blocks of multi-family housing, characterized by some as “Fedders buildings” for the name on the air-conditioning sleeves, prompted local officials to request...
freeco n.— «So entrenched has the attitude become, we have developed a special Lexicon for begging. At first it was a “freeco,” then a request to “run something.” Lately there has been an adoption of the...
cross-decking n.— «Cross decking is for, and I think we all in one way or another suffer from it, it’s when you have an officer and enlisted who possesses a specialty that is so unique and so low in numbers that when you’re operating at...