pro-poor tourism n.— «An expert piped up right in the middle of a dreary session with an impassioned call to support what he called pro-poor tourism. Apparently the executive of non-government organisation thought the long-held argument...
hobby tribe n.— «The most fanatical of user groups can be thought of as “hobby tribes,” a phrase coined by science fiction writer David Brin. Hobby tribes are very informed, very connected, very smart customers. They band...
metric buttload n.— «After a metric buttload of responses (and it isn’t even due yet. Sheesh…), I thought I’d up the ante a bit.» —“Happy Wombat Double Video Quiz Update” by T.W. Wombat Usenet: rec.games...
Clydesdale n.— «The Clydesdale Runners Association has been founded to lobby for the weight-division awards. “I’m obsessed with this, and it’s driving my family crazy,” said Joe Law, founder of the organization.…Law...
barrida n.— «My grandmother still gets Barridas. She got scared when she saw a hose and thought it was a snake. The next day she felt sick. The day after—she got a barrida. I’m hiding while taking the picture, because once again, she’d...
folksonomy n.— «Last week I asked the AIfIA members’ list what they thought about the social classification happening at Furl, Flickr and Del.icio.us. In each of these systems people classify their pictures/bookmarks/web pages with tags...