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geofiltering

geofiltering  n.— «The television business has even coined a term for restricting video content to certain geographic areas: “geofiltering.”» —“TV stations build online fences to blunt Web’s effect” by Amy...

blue ice

blue ice  n.— «Stan Walchesky and neighbors on Neupert Road in Jefferson began noticing the stuff last week and speculated that it was “blue ice,” the euphemism for the chemically treated lavatory waste that sometimes falls...

Black Monday

Black Monday  n.— «Many have taken to calling the benchmark “Black Monday”—piggybacking on “Black Friday,” the longtime nickname of the day after Thanksgiving, historically the day when sales pushed money-losing...

white-boy syndrome

white-boy syndrome  n.— «There’s little evidence of any overt racial tension between students or between their parents.…The school superintendent, however, concedes that a perception exists that’s sometimes called “the white...

down-blousing

down-blousing  n.— «It is related to another now-outlawed practice of taking pictures down a woman’s top, or, to put it in pervert parlance, “down-blousing.”» —“The things you shouldn’t do with your cell...

slow guilty plea

slow guilty plea  n.— «“[Yesterday’s proceeding] is sometimes called a ‘slow guilty plea,’” Greenfield said yesterday. By not pleading guilty to the state charges, Mancuso has preserved his right to appeal the prosecution...

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