codejam n.— «Computer software code writing may not be your idea of a competitive sport but for a number of Indian techies who’re having a field day pitting their skills against the best in the business, it’s a great way to earn some...
spinky adj. (generally) good; neat, nifty, cool, spiffy. In the phrase spinky new, brand new. Also spinkee. Editorial Note: Rarely, spinky is used in a negative sense. The spinky in the 1986 citation could be a typographical or transcription error...
gay church n.— «The other night on Will & Grace a guy chastized another guy for acting up in the gym. He told him “You can’t do that at a gym. Gym is like gay church.”» —“Re: Ok, Hugh. You Asked For It...
i18n n. internationalization. Editorial Note: This term is usually used in the localization of software, in which all text is translated into other foreign languages. It is sometimes written as il8n, where the second letter is a lower-case L, rather...
haircut v. phr.— «When individuals or businesses go bankrupt, banks are forced to take what bankers euphemistically call “a haircut.”» —“Writing off the debt” by Salil Tripathi Guardian (U.K...
trisackaphobia n.— «He was writing a biographical piece on Royals third baseman Kevin Seitzer, who allowed as how he had a deep-seated fear of playing his position. The SI scribe asked if I knew of a technical term for this condition, and...