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changing shirts

Posted by Grant Barrett on July 20, 2007 · Add Comment

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dead man’s lever

Posted by Grant Barrett on July 5, 2007 · Add Comment

dead man’s lever n.— «Having produced or presented most of Australia’s current affairs programs, with the occasional live disaster, I used to joke that we ought to have a “dead man’s lever” such as those on trains which would bring the program screeching to a halt if things got out of control.» —“Moving Right Along, Folks” by Peter [...]
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swampbuster

Posted by Grant Barrett on June 28, 2007 · Add Comment

swampbuster n.— «Swampsbuster and Sodbuster compliance should be linked to all federal farm program benefits. Conservation compliance provisions for highly erodible land (HEL) are commonly referred to as sodbuster and wetland conservation (swampbuster) compliance provisions, the objectives of which are to: reduce soil erosion on croplands, protect long-term capability to produce food and fiber, reduce sedimentation [...]
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spizerinktum

Posted by Grant Barrett on October 18, 2004 · Add Comment

spizerinktum n.— «“On to Washington” will be the next keynote of the program next Thursday with old reliable Kiwanian Frank Key furnishing the “spizerinktum.”» —“Kiwanis Club” by Jack Wright, Frank Rogers Morning News (Florence, S.C.) May 25, 1936. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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skiddiot

Posted by Grant Barrett on August 16, 2004 · Add Comment

skiddiot n.— «The reason BayTSP can get on KaZaA is because there’s a few skiddiot projects already out there for the FastTrack protocol.» —“safest p2p program” by method Zeropaid May 18, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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respeaker

Posted by Grant Barrett on August 13, 2004 · 1 Comment

respeaker n. in broadcasting, a person who renarrates, summarizes, or describes a television program for recording in preparation for subtitling. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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