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  2. Barnacle (slang) - Wikipedia

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    The word barnacle is a slang term used in electrical engineering to indicate a change made to a product on the manufacturing floor that was not part of the original product design. A barnacle is typically used to correct a defect in the product or as a way of enhancing the product with new functionality.

  3. Barnacle (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Barnacle (slang), an electronic part manually installed onto a printed circuit board to correct a functional deficiency Barnacle, Warwickshire , a small hamlet in Warwickshire, England Seborrheic keratosis , a non-cancerous benign skin growth, known as the "barnacles of old age"

  4. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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    Broad term for a man or woman, sometimes indicating "unusual," behavior e.g. "what a funny old bird" [5] biscuit Pettable flapper [28] bit Prison sentence [32] black hats Bad person, especially a villain or criminal in a movie, novel, or play; Heavy in a movie e.g. The Black hats show up at the mansion [33] blaah No good [5] blind 1.

  5. Australian slang terms every visitor should know - AOL

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    This phrase comes from a classic Australian film, “The Castle,” where the main character, Daryl Kerrigan, fights for his home as the bank tries to buy it to build a new airport expansion.

  6. What does skibidi toilet mean? - AOL

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    The term comes from the viral YouTube series, Skibidi Toilet, which was created by Alexey Gerasimov on his channel DaFuq!?Boom!. The internet show features toilets with animated human heads in a ...

  7. Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers - Wikipedia

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    Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers was the third Tom and Jerry film to be filmed in widescreen and the third one to be filmed in the high-definition format (the first being Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars and Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry), although the Region 1 DVD and the U.S. version of Boomerang were in full screen (cropping the ...

  8. Barnacle - Wikipedia

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    Barnacle adults are sessile; most are suspension feeders with hard calcareous shells, but the Rhizocephala are specialized parasites of other crustaceans, with reduced bodies. Barnacles have existed since at least the mid-Carboniferous, some 325 million years ago. In folklore, barnacle geese were once held to emerge fully formed from goose ...

  9. Glossary of Wobbly terms - Wikipedia

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    The use of slang is a means of recognising members of the same group, and to differentiate that group from society at large, while the use of jargon relates to a specific activity, profession, or group. Slang terms are frequently particular to a certain subculture. Chinook jargon, especially for northwest timber country usage. Shibboleth