pokie (Oz n.): slot machine (metonym for poker machine). See also pokie palace, a cheap casino. The only evidence I have that this diminution is typical of Australia is this:
Jahwist (philology proper n.): One of the hypothesised four authors of the Old Testament, the one who uses YHWE as the name of God.
numale (manosphere n.): Slur for non-hegemonically masculine / non-sexist man. Said to be disrespected by all.
the Cupertino idiot-tax operation: Apple Inc.
banya (Russian n.): sauna room.
to patch (Scots v.): to cancel; to bail; to ditch. Dundonian.
to slot floppies (Rhodesian v.): to shoot insurgents. Presumably racist.
source (stream computing n.): stream creator/pusher. Source and sink are from thermodynamics and/or ecology.
sink (stream computing n.): stream consumer. A class or function (or file...) that receives events from another object or function. A production sink is in the real frontend of your system.
gateway (stream computing n.): a sink that can also be a source.
amplituhedron (quantum physics n.): Geometric object from twistor theory which drastically simplifies calculations of particle interactions. The theory of amplituhedrons also doesn't assume locality or unitarity: these properties just arise later, which could make the geometry a more fundamental way of describing quantum fields.
factor variable (stats n.): a category represented as either a numeric or string variable. Just an enum.
pomace (agri n.): the solid mush byproduct of squeezing fruit for its juice or oil. You can buy pomace olive oil for about 1/10th of the cost of the main stuff.
knismesis (physio n.) and gargalesis (physio n.): the two types of tickling: feathery and muscular
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