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Thesaury RSS Feedscartocacoethes - Indeed, many prehistoric ?maps? may be the result of cartocacoethes?a mania, uncontrollable urge, compulsion or itch to see maps everywhere. Map simulacra like chipped paint: a stone China: a mud puddle Australia: and ?geographic tongue:? ?a medical condition that ?looks like a map.?. ...Feed Source: feedproxy.google.com streeter - Elements like the Word Train appear at first glance quite un-Timesian, but at second, they provide a philosophical jolt?what is the Word Train, after all, but a variation on the classic ?streeter,? that roundup of quotes from twenty voters, this time done with many anonymous thousands?. ... scrubber - You could mouse over a map with deaths by province, or isolate incidents, like the second invasion of Fallujah. A time line with a movable ?scrubber? let readers compress the scope of information.. ... memristor - The four passive components of electronics are the resistor, capacitor, inductor and the memristor, which was discovered only a few months ago. Memristors (from memory-resistors, geddit?) are resistors whose resistance depends on their past. In that sense they remember the past or, as an electronics engineer might put it, they store information.. ... murphy style - I ask this question in the Christmas section because you always see gift packs with coffee beans and it?s not instant coffee. And I am always worried that the gift receipient doesn?t have a coffee maker. Yes, you can make it ?murphy style? or some refer to it as cowboy or camp side style. Just use the ground bean and a pot of water, bring to a boil and let the grounds settle.. ... juice de jeans - Two new studies by reproductive-health providers suggest that improper use of such drugs is one of myriad methods, including questionable homemade potions, frequently employed in attempts to end pregnancies by women from fervently anti-abortion cultures despite the widespread availability of safe, legal and inexpensive abortions in clinics and hospitals.?Interviews with several community leaders and individual women in Washington Heights echoed the findings, and revealed even more unconventional methods like ?juice de jeans,? a noxious brew made by boiling denim hems.. ... flash fiction - In the last class I took the definition of short story was 600 words, which is referred to as ?flash fiction.? And we only had to do two of these glorified vignettes by Finals.. ... launch basket - To hit these cities, Hamas must fire its rockets from the northeast corner of the Gaza Strip. That area is known in military parlance as the ?launch basket.?. ... up-fake - He didn?t visit the foul line once, which is something he?s grown used to. And his team lost to Miami in overtime. This is what coaches euphemistically call a ?learning experience.? Only it?s hard to know what a rookie can learn from such abuse. ?Just give an up-fake, something like that,? Lopez said with a shrug. ?That?s me, personally.?. ... bring the wood - ?They need to see you punish guys,? he said. Hawkins has ?brought the wood,? as he calls it, to several players. Good players, too. He booted junior linebacker Jake Duren after his arrest for smashing a car window. He suspended Ethan Adkins, a redshirt freshman offensive lineman and SuperPrep All-American, after a DUI citation.. ... smoke-eater - Nonsmokers also had problems with the specially equipped smoking areas. Depending on the number of smokers concentrated in one area, it was rare that ?smoke-eaters? as they were affectionately called, could handle a room full of people puffing away without the smoke affecting people nearby.. ... Yahtzee - Regular readers of our site know about Yahtzees, a term I coined to refer to times when five or more cartoonists draw the same gag at the same time.. ... stimovation - While creating jobs by upgrading the nation?s physical infrastructure may help in the short term, Mr. Atkinson says, ?there?s another category of stimulus you could call innovation or digital stimulus??stimovation,? as a colleague has referred to it.?. ... Svensmark cloud - As NASA has corroborated, the number of cosmic rays passing through our atmosphere is at the maximum level since measurements have been taken, and show no signs of diminishing. The result: the seeding of what some have taken to calling ?Svensmark clouds,? low dense clouds, principally over the oceans, that reflect sunlight back to space before it can have its warming effect on whatever is below.. ... vacuum energy - What quantum theory says is that, powered by nothing whatsoever, the universe will still vibrate with what is sometimes called ?vacuum energy? or ?zero-point energy.?. ... Kenyan shuffle - My first word of advice then was to start out slow. ?Painfully slow,? I said, and by this I meant running well within ourselves. Nothing will ruin the prospect of an accomplished run more effectively than starting out too fast. This goes for all levels of fitness, but especially for anyone just starting back. Even the Kenyans start out painfully slow on their morning runs, a practice known as the ?Kenyan shuffle.?. ... suitcase - I recommend what a trainer once referred to as ?suitcases? where you lie flat on your back, lifting your feet slightly off the ground, arms overhead slightly from touching the ground (this should tense up your abs) and bringing your knees and elbows together and crunching in one fluid motion (like closing yourself up in a suitcase, i guess). When you extend back out, don?t touch the ground, keeping the tension on your abs.. ... price walk - What?s the difference between the black Volkswagen CC I drove on the launch event in Tennessee and the black Volkswagen CC that I just recently drove for week here at home? Not a heck of a lot, really, unless you?re looking at the sticker price. It?s often hard to justify the extra cost of the top spec model (the ?price walk,? in the parlance of automotive marketers), but with the CC, it?s just about impossible. There are two reasons: First, the price walk is more like a wind sprint, and second, the base model is actually quite nice.. ... Obama - America?s 2008 presidential election loomed large over Ghana?s poll. Supporters of the two main parties talked of their dreams for an ?Obama??here meaning a first-round win?and analysts hoped that the loser would follow Sen. John McCain?s example by conceding quickly and graciously. This Mr. Akufo-Addo did.. ... rebluing - The police force has since undergone reform in a process called ?Re-Bluing??a term derived from the process of refurbishing a gun barrel and also from the color of the force?s new digitalized-patterned blue uniforms.. ... macaroon technique - He used PowerPoint to impart what he calls the ?macaroon technique,? referring to the sandwich-like French macaron pastry. This can be applied to most any product (including, presumably, a Xerox machine) and goes something like this: ?Madam, this timepiece (or diamond or handbag) comes from our finest workshop and it has a value of $10,000. If you buy it, your children are sure to enjoy it for generations to come.?. ... sorry gift - Because guilt over spending is playing a big role in the sales downturn, he teaches salespeople to suggest a ?sorry gift??of another timepiece?for a wife who might be disappointed that her husband just dropped a sizable sum on his own wrist.. ... break the ton - When I was a kid we all drove muscle cars with enormous hemis. The term ?breakin? the ton? was popular slang. You broke the ton when 100 mph was significantly exceeded and sustained.. ... ghost shift - Very low serial numbers, like very low MAC ID addresses, are a hallmark of the ?ghost shift,? i.e. the shift that happens very late at night when a rogue worker enters the factory and runs the production machine off the books. Significantly, ghost shifts are often run using marginal material that would normally be disposed of but were intercepted on the way to the grinder.. ... stock - Wade will eventually shift to LeBron on defense, and while he does post some gaudy defensive numbers (almost 3 ?stocks? per game, to use some Simmons parlance), most of those come as a help-side defender.. ... startle factor - Practical research shows that experienced pilots, with training provided by their airlines in upset recoveries, still struggle to perform when attempting to recover. There are many human factors involved in an actual upset, including the ?startle factor? a nd the sometimes overwhelming psychological aspects of an upset attitude. With appropriate instruction, pilots can learn how to recognize and recover from an upset.. ... hair crush - OK guys I am not going to lie here, I do this thing that I like to call my ?hair crush.? My hair crushes are people with fab hair that I personally would kill to have.. ... seagen - As for food Kelli is what she likes to call a, ?Seagen.? A vegan that eats seafood.. ... rollup - Patrick Neil, a division manager for Ventura County?s probation department, would not comment on why Avary was removed from the furlough program. ?Any causes behind a rollup is not something we can discuss,? Neil said, using the term for when an inmate is transferred from one facility to another. Thursday evening, @avary?who has been referring to himself as #34?tweeted ?#34 is ?rolled up? to a higher security facility for exercising his first amendment rights. The truth he has discovered is too dangerous.?. ... simming - It took a room full of networked computers called a ?render farm? to do in about 14 months what would have taken a single machine 16 years: churn out digital scenes precisely modeled after real life, Mr. Weigert and Mr. Engel said. Artists positioned the sun in the virtual sky, and dictated how every surface?metal, glass, wood or stone?would reflect rays and cast shadows. Teams installed virtual hinges in lampposts and etched thousands of fault lines into skyscrapers and houses so when simulated tremors or winds or waves were applied, a process called ?simming,? they?d crumble or buckle in natural-looking ways.. ... nimbleton - So let?s raise a glass to big funds with a toast of sincere best wishes for their success . . . of course, I?ll be explicit about my ulterior motive: keeping the small fund space the preserve of the nimbletons. If big players continue to focus on big funds, it?ll be more beer for us.. ... kitchen - Lobsters like the shelter of rocks and prefer cold water to warm. They move around a lot and find their food by smell?that?s what the antennas are for?and not by sight. But the whole notion of trapping them may be a misconception. There is some evidence to suggest that the traditional lobster pot, with its two ?rooms??the kitchen and the parlor, as they?re known?and funnel-shaped nets, is not as confining as fishermen think, and that the bugs come and go more or less as they please.. ... skuke - In this little town on the south coast, people like me ? summer folk ? are known as skukes. I?ve never met anyone who knows the real derivation of the term, but it?s not a compliment. Skukes are annoying because they drive up the price of real estate and because they do for fun what year-rounders do for a living. Take lobstering, for example. Most of the summer there was a local man at the town dock selling lobsters for a very reasonable $4.99 a pound. Skukishly, I thought I would be more enterprising and try to catch my own. My goal was by the end of the summer to hear my family complain: ?What? Lobster again??. ... parlor - Lobsters like the shelter of rocks and prefer cold water to warm. They move around a lot and find their food by smell?that?s what the antennas are for?and not by sight. But the whole notion of trapping them may be a misconception. There is some evidence to suggest that the traditional lobster pot, with its two ?rooms??the kitchen and the parlor, as they?re known?and funnel-shaped nets, is not as confining as fishermen think, and that the bugs come and go more or less as they please.. ... broccoli journalism - Collective responsibility. Socialized journalism. This is the ultimate in broccoli journalism: You are not only forced to read what journalists say is good for you but you are now forced to pay for it through taxation.. ... strap hanging - Usually the truck drivers wait at the opening of the valley for a U.S. Army patrol to pass and then they follow it, a practice soldiers have dubbed ?strap hanging.? Lining the sides of the road are the remains of scorched trucks belonging to drivers too impatient to wait for an informal escort.. ... parclo - The Ontario Ministry of Transportation designed a modification to the original cloverleaf to address its shortcomings for the 400-series highways. The redesign creates more room for acceleration and deceleration and avoids the notoriously dangerous weaving lane. The Parclo has been embraced throughout the world as one of the most popular freeway-to-arterial interchange designs.. ... Dipper - My exquisite pleasure as a Liberal party man who barely knew a Tory or ?Dipper? (as we called NDPers) was to work with people from organized labour, Liberals, Conservatives, ad people and NDPers all in a glorious coalition united in our desire to sweep city hall clean of the remnants of the Mel Lastman regime and restore pride to our city.. ... jeggings - ?What?s so great this year,? she says, ?is that they?re making jeans that are great for boots.? They?re slim, soft, light and tight, fitting almost like leggings. In fact, At the store they like to call them ?jeggings.?. ... dittoism - There is a tendency in favour of what is called ?dittoism,? i.e., everyone thinking the same thought without a healthy tendency to break the uniformity of thought.. ... kenspeckle: Dictionary.com Word of the Day - kenspeckle: conspicuous; easily seen or recognized.... Copyright © 2010, LadyWebSoftware. All Rights Reserved. |