rowback n.— «A week ago, Kinnock began a famous rowback that I read about in the London newspapers last Monday morning. He still wanted to get rid of the Trident submarine missile systems contracted by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, he...
lappy n.— «Well my PC-laptop system cost admittedly $1400…but I can do serious graphics. Have unix. Install an Xclient and run my lappy top off of SLIP.» —“Re: More advice about the Powerbook 100″ by eh1s+@andrew...
chayote n.— «“It pricks your hands but you grab it just the same,” is how they describe the chayote, also slang for bribe, which like the vegetable is abundant and whets one’s appetite for more.» —“Complicity between press...
en chinga adv.— «‘Stoy aqui pero ando en chinga. Right now I’m cranking out the implementation of a Framework Based Software Synthesis system based on the Uniform Modeling Language.» —“Re: David Gleaser Donde Esta” by...
re-speaker n.— «Script Capture supplements this with a re-speak system—using recognition trained to the re-speaker’s voice—to produce transcripts for programmes for which none exists.» —“Speech Recognition in Assited and Live...
smitty n.— «My prefered method of quieting an engine is to use a short “turbo” type muffler just behind the engine. This is followed by a crossover pipe connecting the two banks together and then a “smitty” to...