cramming n.— «Questions about the GlobalYP.net service were raised after a local technology firm found a $34.99 “miscellaneous” charge on an August-September phone bill for a Yellow Pages Internet directory. Investigators are...
office wife n.— «Middle managers are being forced to give up their “office wives” as technology threatens the traditional secretary with extinction. A new breed of “executary” who is more interested in managing...
tombstone v.— «The company claims the machine has features which avoid problems usually associated with infra red technology such as heat damage to boards and components, solder balls and tombstoning.» —“Infra red reflow solder...
share of throat n.— «Tea is the world’s favourite beverage and claims the largest share of volume consumed. Sometimes referred to as “share of throat,” this particular measure of consumption provides a useful method of...
dica n. a digital camera, most commonly as part of a mobile phone. Also dika. Etymological Note: From digital camera. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
smart bomb n.— «Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston have developed a method of delivering chemotherapy to the cancer cells, while leaving healthy cells undamaged. They dub the device the “smart...