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nurdle

nurdle  n.— «Disconnect the battery, unscrew the nurdle that holds the switch, push switch out the rear, and let it hang.» —“Re: Electrical Question” by BondoBill1 Usenet: alt.autos.studebaker Sept. 27, 2002...

nurdle

nurdle  n.— «Without a doubt—God’s gift to huntin’ fools everywhere is the sling made by Butler Creek. It’s made so it has a slight bungee action and it has some little nurdles to help keep it on your shoulder. It’s also cheap.» —“Re:...

nurdle

nurdle  n.— «Can anyone give me a factual account of how those little tiny plastic disks got into the sand in HB. I was born there in 1964 and for as long as I can remember they have been in the sand there, but not down in Laguna or San...

data Valdez

data Valdez  n.— «Two articles on health insurer’s privacy problem (from Washington Post and SF Chronicle). Good example of a data valdez!» —“HMO Breaches Members’ Privacy” Usenet: alt.privacy Aug. 23, 2000. (source:...

data Valdez

data Valdez  n.— «Second “Data Valdez”…Shortly after the JetBlue scandal broke, Northwest Airlines admitted to handing over to NASA three months’ worth of passenger records—once more for data-mining research...

flamboozle

flamboozle  v.— «Patrick Swayze said in an interview that he (Swayze) was proud of his 5-acre farm in California and was flamboozled (probably not his exact words :-)) when he heard that Gibson had bought 17,000 acres in Montana...