bigature n.— «There are going to be a mess of miniatures. We coined that phrase “bigatures” on Lord of the Rings and this is going to outdo them all. The miniature we’re doing for Miraz’s castle is 24 scale, village, and...
Hola, estimados oyentes! It's time for another podcast from "A Way with Words." Earlier this summer a word caught Grant's fancy: "gardentoolism." So he made a slang quiz about it! Listen to the podcast here. If you...
sleeper n.— «Railroads that come out of Mexico must deal routinely with the “sleepers,” as those who try to hitch a ride on the northbound trains are called.» —“A Way Out of the Immigration Mess” by Mike...
hoe-chucker n.— «The Vancouver parks board received two log-loaders yesterday from Finning Canada and Caterpillar to aid in Stanley Park’s restoration. The half-million-dollar machines, commonly called hoe chuckers, are used to play a log...
Tivoization n.— «The new rules would also restrict something Stallman calls “Tivoization,” a term for devices that are built with free software, but don’t allow users to mess around with all of the code, such as the TiVo…digital...
smash cake n.— «(1 year birthday)…The bakery provided a “smash” cake for him to make a mess with, but he was weary of putting his hands in it even with us encouraging him to do so.» —“from another forum:...