Subject | English | Thesaurus |
abbr., modern | A controversial process of extracting otherwise-secret information from a friend or co-worker by getting them drunk and thereby loosening their control on their tongue. | beerboarding (Example: "The guys at work took me out drinking last night. After quite a few beers and a lot of questions I finally let slip that I was going to be a father. What can I say? Beerboarding should be against the law." Franka_LV) |
gen. | a far cry from | far cry (4uzhoj) |
abbr., avia. | An airborne agency located far enough away from threats and jamming to provide a communications relay between fighters, FACS, and ground agencies | tactical air coordinator-airborne (Typically aboard a FAC aircraft, ABCCC, or AWACS) |
abbr. | Crimewatch formerly Crimewatch UK is a long-running and high-profile British television programme produced by the BBC, that reconstructs major unsolved crimes in order to gain information from the public which may assist in solving the case. | Crimewatch (Igor Tolok) |
gen. | on order from | on the order of (MichaelBurov) |
gen. | on order from | on order of (MichaelBurov) |
gen. | on order from | on the order from (MichaelBurov) |
gen. | on the order from | on order of (MichaelBurov) |
gen. | on the order from | on the order of (MichaelBurov) |
gen. | on the order from | on order from (MichaelBurov) |
abbr., nucl.phys. | Options for Making Extra Gains from Actinides and fission products | OMEGA program (MichaelBurov) |
abbr., nucl.phys. | Options for Making Extra Gains from Actinides and fission products | OMEGA (MichaelBurov) |
ecol., abbr. | Special Program to List Amplitudes of Surges from Hurricanes | SPLASH |