shearography n.— «In the second project, Davis and his team developed a technique called “shearography” to ensure that foam will not come off the tank during launch and ascent. Shearography uses a laser to detect defects...
hotel journalism n.— «The jacket tout compares “Where is Nicaragua?” to Joan Didion’s ” Salvador,” a condescending and superficial bit of hotel journalism published a few years ago. That is unfortunate. Didion’s...
teeth arm n.— «The six main “teeth” arm units were augmented by soldiers from 10 other regiments. The commander of 7th Armoured Brigade, who is a 5th Inniskilling Dragoon Guard, had his tank manned by men from his own regiment...
unass v.— «The crew felt they would be more useful elsewhere and dismounted the tank in record time. (We called it “Unassed the vehicle.”)» —“Re: Sheridan” by Rick Pavek (kuryakin@bcstec.ca.boeing...
splash mark n.— «In the gulf war, our vehicles got hit farely often. One tank had 4 splash marks on it’s frontal slope from HEAT rounds.» —“Oh, so a mech cant kill tanks eh?” by Absolut_Tempest Mechanized Propulsion...
boy beater n. a ribbed white cotton tank top; a wife beater. Etymological Note: Parallel to the masculine garment, a wife beater. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)