Variety slanguage. They coined the phrase "sex appeal." I also like "skein" to refer to a series--as it works off a yarn being a story. [link]

And ankle is playful because it's a made up term which compresses "walk away from" into one unexpected but apt word.

hoof was doing perfectly well in that regard. I suppose celebs didn't take to being compared to ungulates.

Slanguage dictionary.

I don't think of it as any more playful than computer speak. Which I suppose could be considered that way. I just look at it pragmatically. But part of any slang is a defense against outsiders, I believe, and Variety-speak always seemed more associated with the publication than with the whole industry to me. A bias in how I came at it.

Kinda cool, but madonn', a little would go a long way(And how is a one-hander NOT something one likes to masturbate to...I know they're thinking like "Talk Radio", but still.)

I'd accuse you of showing off, but you spelt synecdoche wrong.

Once again incompetence prevents me from being a show off.

I also like "skein" to refer to a series--as it works off a yarn being a story.

This one I like. Reminds me of "so many issues I need a magazine rack" or "I don't have issues I have a subscription" sorta usage.

Once again incompetence prevents me from being a show off.

Just prevents you from being an affective effective a good one.

ducks and runs away.

This delightful conversation has certainly effected a positive change in my affect tonight.

I like having a term that means to leave a job without specifying "quit" or "fired". I'm not as sure I like that the term is "ankle".

All those posts, I should have known it had to do with grammar.

I am at the car dealership waiting for my car to be inspected. I tragically forgot to bring a book; it's a good thing I always have the internet with me.

When business speak goes wrong: a colleague just informed a whole group of senior leadership that he called me about a big project and I "walked him right off a ledge".