New posts in jargon

Is there a sales term for how "hot" or "strong" a prospect a customer is?

Linguistics term for word choice

What is the origin of the phrase "racing cert"?

What can I call the two possible directions on a line (as a category)?

Origin of "hike" in American football

Should I use "software defect" or "software bug"?

Why do people use “mayday” and not “help”? [closed]

Why did ‘off-the-shelf' come to mean ‘in stock, ready-made, and easily available’?

Etymology of "binky" -- three questions

An alternative to "stakeholder"

The word for "professional system" or "task system"

Non-obvious or nonobvious?

Where does "three line whip" come from?

Emails or memos claiming to be "From the desk of ..."

An unlikely but very bad event (technical word)

What's the most pedantically correct way to reference sectioned and numbered rules aloud?

What is the meaning of 'probe' in the Linux command 'modprobe'?

What’s the difference between “tool” and “utility”?

"Plugable" or "pluggable"

What are the differences among ‘Rules’, ‘Standing Rules’, and ‘Bylaw’?