Bodiqua n.— «“Bodiqua” is about the funniest spelling of the word I’ve ever heard. Boriqua is also wrong, but acceptable.…I’m 100% Boricua and can assure you we’re not niggas.» —“STARs who are going to get there ass kicked!” by imported_El...
planemo n.— «He proposes a natural upper limit for a “planetary mass object” of about 13 times the mass of Jupiter, or about 4,000 Earths.…Because anything bigger, including stars and brown dwarfs, is able to fuse deuterium, Basri argues that it...
planemo n.— «We find two of our objects to be planemos; though the faintest of our targets, they are much brighter than expected for such low masses.» —by Jacques Lépine, Jane Gregorio-Hetem Open Issues in Local Star Formation Dec. 1, 2003...
holy helo n.— «Carrier battle groups at sea set aside a helicopter—fondly known as the “holy helo”—to fly chaplains of different faiths from ship to ship in order to celebrate services with sailors and Marines while at sea.» —“Military works to...
bioslurping n.— «USFK also plans to use a technique called “bioslurping,” which treats petroleum-contaminated soils by both creating vents in the land and skimming fuel from the groundwater.» —“USFK presents environmental cleanup plan to South...
augmentee n.— «The transferred personnel are called “augmentees” in Pentagonese. According to the military newspaper Stars and Stripes, the Navy is putting about 10,000 personnel—from enlisted through officer ranks up to captain—through 12-day...