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CB slang is the distinctive anti-language, argot, or cant which developed among users of Citizens Band radio (CB), especially truck drivers in the United States during the 1970s and early 1980s. [1] The slang itself is not only cyclical, but also geographical. Through time, certain terms are added or dropped as attitudes toward it change.
A rubber duck in use by a developer to aid debugging. In software engineering, rubber duck debugging (or rubberducking) is a method of debugging code by articulating a problem in spoken or written natural language. The name is a reference to a story in the book The Pragmatic Programmer in which a programmer would carry around a rubber duck and ...
Rubber duck. A rubber duck or a rubber duckie is a toy shaped like a duck, that is usually yellow with a flat base. It may be made of rubber or rubber-like material such as vinyl plastic. [1] Rubber ducks were invented in the late 1800s when it became possible to more easily shape rubber, [2] and are believed to improve developmental skills in ...
Some slang becomes part of the American lexicon, while other words slip away over time. These are some of our favorites that we really think should make a comeback.
Slang term Definition Origin Example(s) Variation(s) Ref(s) Ohio Slang meaning for strange, weird, cringe, and dumb. Originally referred to the U.S. State of Ohio. It gained widespread popularity in 2020 as a meme that humorously labelled Ohio as a weird place where only bizarre and random things happened. "What you are doing is so Ohio."
Lucky duckies is a term that was used in Wall Street Journal editorials starting on 20 November 2002 to refer to Americans who pay no federal income tax because they are at an income level that is below the tax line (after deductions and credits ). The term has outlived its original use to become a part of the informal terminology used in the ...
In honor of Black Twitter's contribution, Stacker compiled a list of 20 slang words it brought to popularity, using the AAVE Glossary, Urban Dictionary, Know Your Meme, and other internet ...
High-definition television: Broadcasting using a line standard of 720 or greater. Prior to World War II, high definition meant a line standard greater than 240 lines. A CB radio with an exposed helical "rubber ducky" antenna. helical antenna A radio antenna with one or more conductive wires, wound up in the shape of a helix. A version of this ...