galamseyer n.— «At one of such invasions a 75 year old woman was arrested merely on suspicion that her son was a suspected illegal small scale miner known in Ghana as (galamseyer).» —“An Assemblyman Speaks about Living in a...
ceiling method n.— «How does anyone administratively know how many hectares would be the right size? The only way one can arrive at such a figure is through a sophisticated technique known as the ceiling method, which means you look at...
black scale n.— «The pentatonic scale is sometimes called the black scale, as so many Negro spirituals are pentatonic: “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” and “Deep River” were named. (I happen to know that...
Nashville number system n.— «On a legal pad he had “charted” the five songs, using what’s called the Nashville number system, a time-saving trick that assigns a number to each chord in the do-re-mi musical scale, making it easier for...
news game n.— «It’s a kind of game we call news games.…They’re really like a video game equivalent of an editorial cartoon. They’re small scale, in-and-out quick games, like little editorials on current events...
fast follower n.— «Australia has hung back for mass-market take-up offshore which drives economies of scale in networks and consumer-access devices like handsets and modems. This is sometimes known as being a “fast follower”...