mocap n.— «With motion capture, or “mocap” as it’s called, the movements of game characters reach a level of smoothness and realism that’s difficult for 3-D animators to duplicate.» —“Jeter doesn’t strike out as video...
zot v. to strike or destroy, especially with lightning or other beam or jolt of energy; in slang usage on the Internet, to remove, censor, or ban material or participants. Etymological Note: Imitative of lightning. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
scatter band n.— «They’re known as a “scatter band” for their lack of formation.…“What happened was, we had a band director who was fired in 1963,” says Amit Aggarwal, who plays tenor sax. When a graduate student...
spit on v. phr.— «Francoeur has started to “spit on” more pitches, baseball parlance for laying off obvious balls out of the strike zone.» —“He’s not gonna take it” by Ray Glier Sporting News Sept...
Vanna White veto n. a form of line-item veto that permits an elected official to strike single letters in legislation. Editorial Note: This term is specific to Wisconsin, where this type of veto—also called a pick-a-letter veto and similar to the...
Vanna White veto n.— «The governor also used to be able to strike individual letters to create new words—the so-called “Vanna White veto,” named after the letter-turner on “Wheel of Fortune”—but those powers were...