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In internet slang, rage-baiting (also rage-farming) is the manipulative tactic of eliciting outrage with the goal of increasing internet traffic, online engagement, revenue and support. [1] [2] Rage baiting or farming can be used as a tool to increase engagement, attract subscribers, followers, and supporters, which can be financially lucrative ...
(pl.) aboiteaux A sluice or conduit built beneath a coastal dike, with a hinged gate or a one-way valve that closes during high tide, preventing salt water from flowing into the sluice and flooding the land behind the dike, but remains open during low tide, allowing fresh water precipitation and irrigation runoff to drain from the land into the sea; or a method of land reclamation which relies ...
Other farmers were also reported to have shown an "overwhelmingly favourable" reaction to Clarkson's Farm. [23] The sheep farmer James Rebanks said that the farming community "all loved that programme", and that Clarkson had done more for farming in one series than 30 years of the BBC's long-running farming programme Countryfile. [24]
An award-winning farmer said he wants to leave the land "better" than he found it. Dr Johnny Wake has won Sustainable Farmer of the Year in the British Farming Awards, and last year won the Royal ...
The term critter is common in the western United States and Canada, particularly when referring to young cattle. [21] In some areas of the American South (particularly the Appalachian region), where both dairy and beef cattle are present, an individual animal was once called a "beef critter", though that term is becoming archaic.
A poultry farmer is one who concentrates on raising chickens, turkeys, ducks or geese, for either meat, egg or feather production, or commonly, all three. A person who raises a variety of vegetables for market may be called a truck farmer or market gardener. Dirt farmer is an American colloquial term for a practical farmer, or one who farms his ...
The South is known for having their own lingo. But these six phrases are pretty unique to the Peach state. Do you know them all?
Used for long-term administration of medicines, or as a secure location for an electronic marking chip. [2] Bottle lamb or cade lamb – an orphan lamb reared on a bottle. Also poddy lamb or pet lamb. Boxed – when different mobs of sheep are mixed. Break – a marked thinning of the fleece, producing distinct weakness in one part of the staple.