lily white n.— «Ever-tighter IRA internal security and the organisation’ use of “lily whites,” activists with little or no known history of involvement in violence who keep their distance from the Irish community in Britain...
cleanskin n.— «The Times said that at least two of the men had just returned from Pakistan, but none were on the files of security services. This meant they were “cleanskins”—intelligence parlance for terrorists with no...
pod-slurping n.— «The popular Apple iPod, and other portable music players, have been identified as a potential security risk for computer networks. There’s even a slick phrase to describe the practice of stealing corporate information...
me wall n.— «It’s amusing to see Washington fixed by such a vodka-gimlet eye; we can all recognize the type of government geek who refuses to remove his security badge—”how canine,” sniffs Jackie—or posts photos of himself...
full boat n.— «He picked one, wondering at the stupidity of having full-boat security and leaving such easy access through system defects.» —by Stephen J. Cannell Runaway Heart July 11, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued...
Orange Curtain n.— «Roughly halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego, it is a place to which people tired of city life are reputed to retreat—to surround themselves with the locally renowned “Orange Curtain,” as if with a...