blue canary n.— «The report says the department does not outfit all its vehicles with gas detectors or binoculars, which would enable rescue workers to identify a hazardous material by a placard from a safe distance. Instead, some rescue...
augmentee n.— «The transferred personnel are called “augmentees” in Pentagonese. According to the military newspaper Stars and Stripes, the Navy is putting about 10,000 personnel—from enlisted through officer ranks up to...
toe-in n.— «Gunsauls decided a closer extraction was necessary. He lifted off again, approached the children’s location and balanced the front tips of the helicopter’s landing skids against the sloping hillside what pilots refer to as a...
zot v.— «They then called in aircraft that were equipped with laser illuminators, like the Pave Nails, which zotted the guns. Orbiting fighters then dropped the laser-guided bombs.» —by Darrel Whitcomb Rescue of Bat 21 Apr...
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...
doggie crack n.— «It is so beloved by dogs that amused owners have a nickname for it—doggie crack.…Reiff gave the 4-year-old rescue dog his Greenies treat.» —“Greenies: A safe or deadly treat?” by Denise...