Cruncher

An enthusiast and volunteer participating in one or more large public distributed computing projects (eg SETI@home).

"The stats show that DataMuncher501 is no longer an active cruncher"

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Vietnamatta

Humourous and sometimes disparaging nickname given to the Sydney suburb of Cabramatta. Cabramatta has a large Vietnamese population and many Vietnamese-owned restaurants and stores.

I tried sugar cane prawns at a restaurant in Vietnamatta. Not bad. Not bad at all.

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West Island

A New Zealand nickname for Australia.

Roger moved across the Ditch to West Island and spends his days sunbaking at Bondi.

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textile break

A term used to describe damage to clothing during sport.

The fullback suffered a textile break during the first half of the match and was forced to leave the field.

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height differences

A term proudly used by some Dutch people to describe variations in topography across the Dutch landscape that are almost unnoticeable to everybody else.

Some people say that the area around Groningen is generally flat, but the region has many height differences.

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rep

In the online game Subspace (aka Continuum): A repel.

I was under attack and fired off all my repels.

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