contact tracing

A method of keeping tract of the contacts a person with an infectious disease has, to prevent the spread of the disease. Tracing can be used to find the original source of the disease by looking at one's contacts before they were infected, and after they were infected to see who they may have spread the disease to. Once individuals who had contacts with the disease have been identified they are tested for the disease, to stop them from disease spreading behavior till their condition has been identified. If individuals are found to be infected with the disease they continue to stop any disease spreading behavior, (e.g. isolation) and are treated, so they don't spread the disease to others.
People in charge of public health and the spreading of VD, have being using contact tracing long before those fighting the lasted pandemic used it.
by mlhiss April 24, 2020
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Unplanned Explosion.
Just after take off the rocket made an unscheduled rapid disassembly.
by mlhiss April 20, 2023
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Wildfiring

Mass firing or purge of employees without proper review, resulting in massive destruction of human resources in a government agency or business. Often the firings are blanket firing of groups of people in certain areas, or types of employees easy to fire with the ability to appeal. The employees are often people who have no clue as the function and value of the employees and do no analysis of the implications and costs of the firing.

In some cases the firings are in retaliation for people excelling at their job, especially when it impacts special interests, with self interests vs the governments or the company.
A major wildfiring occurred when 300 employees responsible for Nuclear Weapons Securing were fired without notice and understanding of the implications, and there email and contact information was lost.

Attempts to rescind the order after the implications became apparent to those in charge of national security were made difficult and unsuccessful in the timeframe needed to prevent a emergency situation and possible catastrophe.

It is very difficult to undo a wildfiring as much of the devastation to the human resources has been done by destroying the productive capacity of the institution.
by mlhiss February 16, 2025
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ZoomBombing

A method of trolling in which the ZoomBomber uses Zoom’s video conferencing App screensharing feature to interrupt an online meeting with the most shocking and disturbing videos they can find, and often mix together in a potpourri violent, pornographic, wtf fetish mixture of multiple revolting images that can leave a lasting impression on the meeting goers.
If the images of the ZoomBombing were not bad enough , the images of projectile vomit on the screens of those at the video conference were even worse and much grosser.
by mlhiss March 22, 2020
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Tin Can Tourist

A chartered membership organization that promotes the goal of celebrating classic/vintage models of trailers and motor coaches. They do this in part by organizing annual gatherings of trailers and motor home and their autocamping owners at different locations. They also transfer knowledge and experiences at information exchanges.
The Tin Can Tourist objective was to: "to unite fraternally all autocampers”.

Tin Can Tourists promote clean camps, friendliness, decent behavior and wholesome entertainment at the autocamping celebrations.
by mlhiss December 23, 2019
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Tiny Man Square

'"Tiny Man Square" in modeled after Tiananmen Square, in that it is now walled off and democratic protests are not allowed in the area proper. Even the people that work in the area cannot not protest or whistle blow without being fired.
by mlhiss June 08, 2020
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LULU

Locally Undesirable Land Use.
Locally Unwanted Land Use.
The planner for the developer got the nickname LULU because he was always hired by the worst developers who always proposed LULU's..
by mlhiss December 11, 2019
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