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The play was adapted into a 1940 film in the UK, Gaslight, which was remade as in the US as the 1944 film Gaslight. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Set among London's elite during the Victorian era , Gas Light and its adaptations portray a seemingly genteel husband using lies and manipulation to isolate his heiress wife and persuade her that she is mentally ...
Ginzel: Slang term for a worker of the lowest "rank", often a rookie with no oilfield experience whatsoever. Hanger: Refers to several different tools. The casing hanger is the portion of a wellhead assembly which provides support for the casing string when it is lowered into the wellbore. The liner hanger is used to hang casing liners (casing ...
The Petroleum Dictionary contains short definitions for around 6,000 terms used in the oil industry in America, with a particular focus on slang. It is intended as a record of the history of these colloquialisms, rather than a reference work for individuals in the petroleum industry. [2] [3]
This article contains a list of terms, jargon, and slang used to varying degrees by railfans and railroad employees in the United States and Canada.Although not exhaustive, many of the entries in this list appear from time to time in specialist, rail-related publications.
Maskot/Getty Images. 6. Delulu. Short for ‘delusional,’ this word is all about living in a world of pure imagination (and only slightly detached from reality).
Detroit slang is an ever-evolving dictionary of words and phrases with roots in regional Michigan, the Motown music scene, African-American communities and drug culture, among others. The local ...
According to the ANU, yakka means hard work – or strenuous labor. The word was first derived from “yaga,” which means “work” in the Yagara language – the traditional language of the ...
Gas lighting in the historical center of Wrocław, Poland, is manually turned off and on daily.. Gas lighting is the production of artificial light from combustion of a fuel gas such as methane, propane, butane, acetylene, ethylene, hydrogen, carbon monoxide, coal gas (town gas) or natural gas.