by bigsmallsack July 29, 2014
Unconfirmed, but implied to be an unusual American military slang term for fuel ethanol. In particular, potable cane alchohol used to fuel modified vehicle engines or possibly purpose-built multifuel engines -- in places where war damage has reduced access to petroleum-based fuels. If genuine, the term may derive from the work of hard laborers using blades to harvest sugar cane fields.
Term appears in a short fiction story by S. M. Sterling, entitled “Lost Legion."
Term appears in a short fiction story by S. M. Sterling, entitled “Lost Legion."
by _/ February 06, 2022
by Guitaristwhoisnotaproffesional April 18, 2022
* It possibly arose as a version of the ligature, Œ, of the digraph"Oe ", with the horizontal line of the "e" written across the "o".
* It possibly arose in Anglo-Saxon England as an O and an I written in the same place: compare Bede's Northumbria in Anglo-Saxon period spelling ''Coinualch'' for standard ''Cēnwealh'' (a man's name) (in a text in Latin). Later the letter ø disappeared from Anglo-Saxon as the Anglo-Saxon sound /ø/ changed to /e/, but by then use of the letter ø had spread from England to Scandinavia
* It possibly arose in Anglo-Saxon England as an O and an I written in the same place: compare Bede's Northumbria in Anglo-Saxon period spelling ''Coinualch'' for standard ''Cēnwealh'' (a man's name) (in a text in Latin). Later the letter ø disappeared from Anglo-Saxon as the Anglo-Saxon sound /ø/ changed to /e/, but by then use of the letter ø had spread from England to Scandinavia
by Qorptocx November 02, 2018
by slashings December 22, 2017
Easy way to explain forward slash vs back slash to end users.
Left dab slash = "/"
Right dab slash = "\"
When you dab to the left, your arms look like a forward slash. When you dab to the right, your arms look like a backslash.
Left dab slash = "/"
Right dab slash = "\"
When you dab to the left, your arms look like a forward slash. When you dab to the right, your arms look like a backslash.
by CWTSR October 02, 2020