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longy

longy  n.— «The Manx Cat is a tail less breed of cat, but there are a few variations. Some have a hollow where the tail should be, they’re called “rumpies.” Others have the beginnings of a tail, they’re called “risers.” Those...

flymph

flymph  n.— «Tie the fly on a nymph hook with a tail and you have what some refer to as a flymph.» —“Fishing: Flies for early season trout” by Bill Thompson Conway Daily Sun (North Conway, New Hampshire) Apr...

tail cost

tail cost  n.— «That was not counting so-called tail costs, such as caring for veterans and replacing lost equipment, which the Iraq Study Group said “will run into the hundreds of billions of dollars.”» —“The Iraq war has...

hammerjack

hammerjack  n.— «A hammerjack is someone who pirates software code and sells to the highest bidder. Cray Alden used to do the same but is now employed to hunt down others in the same trade. Unsurprisingly, an assassin is put on his tail to...

torso

torso  n.— «In this issue of the Advisor I also discuss the “torso”—keywords lying in the productive area between the head and the long, lonely tail. The “torso” is a cool new word floating around Silicon Valley...