This page gathers the 27 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Jargon” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry.
- at ten and two prep_phrase Referring to a type of driving, regarded as safe and conventional, where the positions of the hands on the steering wheel of a vehicle…
- basse noun The bass voice or part within French music
- broom-clean adj Of a room, empty of personal property and swept clean of debris, though not necessarily professionally cleaned. Typically used in contracts…
- bug noun A problem that needs fixing.
- Chinese Wall noun An information barrier within an organization, designed to ensure internal confidentiality; frequently used to prevent conflicts of…
- cooperate verb To obtain the cooperation of (a potential witness); to turn (someone) into a cooperating witness.
- fruit and flowers noun Illicit purchased items such as recreational drugs or prostitutes.
- homicide noun A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.
- hyperactive battlefield noun Warfare involving advanced technologies that expand military engagement beyond the physical battlefield, such as high-speed information…
- lappy adj of glass, having strata due to the pour being inconsistent, of molten glass having such an inconsistency, generally due to returned lumps…
- measles noun A discreet assassination made to look like death from any natural cause.
- microgenesis noun The development, in discrete but generally imperceptible (seemingly continuous) increments, by the human body or brain, of thoughts…
- negative adj Often preceded by emotion, energy, feeling, or thought: to be avoided, bad, difficult, disagreeable, painful, potentially damaging…
- nipcheese noun Synonym of purser.
- nominal noun A person listed in the Police National Computer database as having been convicted, cautioned or recently arrested.
- on the job prep_phrase Being a police officer, as contrasted with a civilian.
- PJA noun published journal article, also known as publisher's version, version of record or VoR: the version of a paper as printed or digitally…
- positive adj Good, desirable, healthful, pleasant, enjoyable.
- QRM noun electromagnetic interference
- relate verb To interact.
- Scandinavianist noun A specialist in Scandinavian studies.
- Scandinavist adj Pertaining to Scandinavian studies.
- self-delete verb To self-destruct.
- skell noun A male suspicious person or crime suspect, especially a street person such as a drug dealer, pimp or panhandler.
- slicy adj Especially well suited to slicing; designed and made in a way that optimizes slicing capability and ease.
- traveler hook noun Any of various hand tools for manipulating travelers in spinning; any similar hook used in other industries.
- wig noun An old seal.