hillbilly chrome n.— «IN the lot next to mine, was a 1991 red civic with what we call hillbilly chrome (spray on chrome, and chrome wheel wells) all over it.» —“Re: OT (about window tint)” by Richard Lipkus Usenet:...
Corpse n.— «The CBC a.k.a. The Corpse (oops, I meant Corp) is an excellent window to the national psyche and does have some great programming.» —“Poking pieces of The Corpse” by Ilana Mercer North Shore...
slipstream v.— «You have to create an integrated copy of XP and SP2 on your PC. This process is called “slipstreaming” and it’s a useful thing to do in any case because it means if you ever need to re-install Windows on a PC...
CBO n.— «Robert Scoble (CBO of Microsoft, CBO = Chief Blogging Officer) admitted it in an interview for us.» —“Second wave of popularity of Windows Mobile phones within Microsoft arrived” MS Mobiles Dec. 29, 2005...
snorkel box n.— «The boy…had been swinging on the long chute of a type of mailbox known as a “snorkel box.” The 160-pound mailbox features a regular pull handle on one side and a long, curbside chute on the other...
tro-tro n.— «Each tro-tro runs along specified routes with destinations yelled to potential passengers out the window by the driver’s assistant (or “mate”) and—in the case of loud street noise—the holler is accompanied by a...