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Thesaury RSS Feedsflusher - The Obama campaign?s New Media experts created a computer program that would allow a ?flusher??the term for a volunteer who rounds up nonvoters on Election Day?to know exactly who had, and had not, voted in real time. They dubbed it Project Houdini, because of the way names disappear off the list instantly once people are identified as they wait in line at their local polling station.. ...Feed Source: feeds.feedburner.com jugate - According to Warlick, the popularity of a president, the quantity of buttons produced and the design content are key factors. Buttons with photographs are always more sought after by collectors. Buttons that include both the presidential and vice-presidential candidates are called jugates and are highly prized, especially if they include photographs of the candidates.. ... catch a crab - And they oohed with disappointment when another boat stopped dead in the water as one of the rowers ?caught a crab? as they say in the sport: An oar caught water and was pulled downward resulting in an urgent need to halt the boat.. ... bendy bus - One of the 19-metre-long Swansea Metro vehicles?or bendy buses as they have become known?was parked up on The Kingsway in the city centre yesterday for a drop-in surgery.. ... cross-roughing - The decision on who joins the high-profile partnership ?club? is made by the bank?s senior management team, led by Mr Blankfein and co-presidents Gary Cohn and Jon Winkelried, through extensive discussions until a consensus is reached. The names are then checked by senior people from other divisions in a procedure known as ?cross-roughing.?. ... crooked number - Manuel believes the home run ?is your greatest hit in baseball.? It gives the Phillies big-innings capability. They began Game 5 with 14 multi-run innings?"crooked numbers? in the parlance?out of 112 innings in the postseason.. ... area-jacking - Quinn was particularly enthusiastic about the ?convergence between digital out-of-home and mobile.? In addition, the aggregation of video networks, either through M&A or by meta-networks like SeeSaw, will allow comprehensive geo-targeting of consumers in particular areas. In effect, it will surround them with video messages at multiple venues?a practice called ?area-jacking? in Japan, where it was pioneered by advertisers.. ... cut the turf - Some of our targeted homeowners are suspicious. Some refuse to come to the door. Others hide behind twitched curtains until we leave. We are like political Jehovah?s Witnesses, but we are unrepentant. And, were we to falter, back at West Denver?s Obama HQ hand-painted signs urge us to keep up the canvassing?or ?cutting the turf,? as they call it?to help save America.. ... beam blade - What about your wiper blades? We are seeing fewer cars with blades in brackets that resemble a bridge. Snow has a way of jamming the bracket hinges, leaving only a narrow contact patch with the windshield. Winter blades that prevent this are essentially regular blades with a thin rubber overcoat to keep the snow out. More blades have an internal tensioning system to keep them in contact with the curve of the glass. Sometimes these are called beam blades as they resemble an I-beam.. ... sickler - On a matter of semantics, the use of nomenclature derived from the names of diseases, such as ?diabetics??epileptics? and, in this case, ?sicklers,? may be viewed as pejorative and emphasise the disease rather than the humanity of the person. Therefore, the preferred usage is the ?person with? or ?living with a particular condition,? in this case, sickle cell disease.. ... SUV stroller - Regardless of the venue, if you?ve walked around Ottawa on a Saturday, you?ve likely crossed paths with a Bugaboo, Baby Jogger or other model of what some people call ?SUV strollers.? These sidewalk behemoths have caused a growing animosity between parents and other passengers on OC Transpo buses for years.. ... clean scanning - Over the last year, a joint investigation of emissions inspection stations by the Attorney General?s Office and MassDEP, in coordination with the Registry of Motor Vehicles, found these stations were issuing passing inspection stickers on motor vehicles that were not in fact emissions tested. This was allegedly carried out by conducting tests on a different motor vehicle and then using the results from that test to issue a passing inspection sticker to the vehicle that came in for the inspection. This practice is known as ?clean scanning? and is illegal.. ... skip - If someone fails to appear for court, bondsmen have up to 60 days to produce their client or the bondsmen must pay the full amount of the bond. Bondsmen then have the authority to track down these ?skips"?as they are called in the business?for something called a ?pick up.?. ... gun time - A similar issue arose at the Chicago Marathon two weeks ago, when Wesley Korir of Kenya finished fourth, despite starting five minutes after the elite runners. Like O?Connell, his time was clear because of the electronic timing chips that are worn on each runner?s shoe. And, like O?Connell, his chip time was different from what is known as the gun time, measured from the moment of the starting signal to the instant the runner crosses the line, since he ran well behind the elites with the main pack.. ... strolling supper - I ?get? the fact that a ?strolling supper? is another term for ?buffet,? but I have a question: what happens if the ?strolling? supper gets up and leaves?. ... rebadging - In a practice sometimes called ?rebadging? or ?rebranding,? base models of used cars have other features such as sunroofs, leather seats or roof racks added?along with badges or stickers indicating the vehicles are factory-built luxury models.. ... carabao English - Whenever you hear a non-native English speaker, a Filipino specifically, uttering broken ?carabao? English, or a version you are not used to hearing, please reserve your criticism.. ... auto fraudo - Democrats passed the Motor Voter law in 1993 (in the meeting I started hearing the old Republican name for it, ?auto fraudo"), which permanently loosened the rules on mailed-in voter registration.. ... carborexic - o others they come across as ?energy anorexics,? obsessing over personal carbon emissions to an unhealthy degree, the way crash dieters watch the bathroom scale.?Jay Matsueda, who might also answer to the name energy anorexic, or carborexic, has neither heat nor air-conditioning in his condominium in Culver City, California.. ... retire/rehire - The practice of allowing state employees to retire, collect a pension or realize some other lump sum benefit and then be rehired for the same job is not working as intended. The practice is called retire/rehire and it?s commonly thought of as ?double dipping.?. ... flusher - The Obama campaign?s New Media experts created a computer program that would allow a ?flusher??the term for a volunteer who rounds up nonvoters on Election Day?to know exactly who had, and had not, voted in real time. They dubbed it Project Houdini, because of the way names disappear off the list instantly once people are identified as they wait in line at their local polling station.. ... jugate - According to Warlick, the popularity of a president, the quantity of buttons produced and the design content are key factors. Buttons with photographs are always more sought after by collectors. Buttons that include both the presidential and vice-presidential candidates are called jugates and are highly prized, especially if they include photographs of the candidates.. ... catch a crab - And they oohed with disappointment when another boat stopped dead in the water as one of the rowers ?caught a crab? as they say in the sport: An oar caught water and was pulled downward resulting in an urgent need to halt the boat.. ... bendy bus - One of the 19-metre-long Swansea Metro vehicles?or bendy buses as they have become known?was parked up on The Kingsway in the city centre yesterday for a drop-in surgery.. ... cross-roughing - The decision on who joins the high-profile partnership ?club? is made by the bank?s senior management team, led by Mr Blankfein and co-presidents Gary Cohn and Jon Winkelried, through extensive discussions until a consensus is reached. The names are then checked by senior people from other divisions in a procedure known as ?cross-roughing.?. ... crooked number - Manuel believes the home run ?is your greatest hit in baseball.? It gives the Phillies big-innings capability. They began Game 5 with 14 multi-run innings?"crooked numbers? in the parlance?out of 112 innings in the postseason.. ... area-jacking - Quinn was particularly enthusiastic about the ?convergence between digital out-of-home and mobile.? In addition, the aggregation of video networks, either through M&A or by meta-networks like SeeSaw, will allow comprehensive geo-targeting of consumers in particular areas. In effect, it will surround them with video messages at multiple venues?a practice called ?area-jacking? in Japan, where it was pioneered by advertisers.. ... cut the turf - Some of our targeted homeowners are suspicious. Some refuse to come to the door. Others hide behind twitched curtains until we leave. We are like political Jehovah?s Witnesses, but we are unrepentant. And, were we to falter, back at West Denver?s Obama HQ hand-painted signs urge us to keep up the canvassing?or ?cutting the turf,? as they call it?to help save America.. ... beam blade - What about your wiper blades? We are seeing fewer cars with blades in brackets that resemble a bridge. Snow has a way of jamming the bracket hinges, leaving only a narrow contact patch with the windshield. Winter blades that prevent this are essentially regular blades with a thin rubber overcoat to keep the snow out. More blades have an internal tensioning system to keep them in contact with the curve of the glass. Sometimes these are called beam blades as they resemble an I-beam.. ... sickler - On a matter of semantics, the use of nomenclature derived from the names of diseases, such as ?diabetics??epileptics? and, in this case, ?sicklers,? may be viewed as pejorative and emphasise the disease rather than the humanity of the person. Therefore, the preferred usage is the ?person with? or ?living with a particular condition,? in this case, sickle cell disease.. ... SUV stroller - Regardless of the venue, if you?ve walked around Ottawa on a Saturday, you?ve likely crossed paths with a Bugaboo, Baby Jogger or other model of what some people call ?SUV strollers.? These sidewalk behemoths have caused a growing animosity between parents and other passengers on OC Transpo buses for years.. ... clean scanning - Over the last year, a joint investigation of emissions inspection stations by the Attorney General?s Office and MassDEP, in coordination with the Registry of Motor Vehicles, found these stations were issuing passing inspection stickers on motor vehicles that were not in fact emissions tested. This was allegedly carried out by conducting tests on a different motor vehicle and then using the results from that test to issue a passing inspection sticker to the vehicle that came in for the inspection. This practice is known as ?clean scanning? and is illegal.. ... skip - If someone fails to appear for court, bondsmen have up to 60 days to produce their client or the bondsmen must pay the full amount of the bond. Bondsmen then have the authority to track down these ?skips"?as they are called in the business?for something called a ?pick up.?. ... gun time - A similar issue arose at the Chicago Marathon two weeks ago, when Wesley Korir of Kenya finished fourth, despite starting five minutes after the elite runners. Like O?Connell, his time was clear because of the electronic timing chips that are worn on each runner?s shoe. And, like O?Connell, his chip time was different from what is known as the gun time, measured from the moment of the starting signal to the instant the runner crosses the line, since he ran well behind the elites with the main pack.. ... strolling supper - I ?get? the fact that a ?strolling supper? is another term for ?buffet,? but I have a question: what happens if the ?strolling? supper gets up and leaves?. ... rebadging - In a practice sometimes called ?rebadging? or ?rebranding,? base models of used cars have other features such as sunroofs, leather seats or roof racks added?along with badges or stickers indicating the vehicles are factory-built luxury models.. ... carabao English - Whenever you hear a non-native English speaker, a Filipino specifically, uttering broken ?carabao? English, or a version you are not used to hearing, please reserve your criticism.. ... auto fraudo - Democrats passed the Motor Voter law in 1993 (in the meeting I started hearing the old Republican name for it, ?auto fraudo"), which permanently loosened the rules on mailed-in voter registration.. ... carborexic - o others they come across as ?energy anorexics,? obsessing over personal carbon emissions to an unhealthy degree, the way crash dieters watch the bathroom scale.?Jay Matsueda, who might also answer to the name energy anorexic, or carborexic, has neither heat nor air-conditioning in his condominium in Culver City, California.. ... retire/rehire - The practice of allowing state employees to retire, collect a pension or realize some other lump sum benefit and then be rehired for the same job is not working as intended. The practice is called retire/rehire and it?s commonly thought of as ?double dipping.?. ... mot juste: Dictionary.com Word of the Day - mot juste: appropriate expression... Copyright © 2009, LadyWeb. All Rights Reserved. |