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  2. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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    afternoon watch The 1200–1600 watch. [3] aground Resting on or touching the ground or land, or the bottom of a body of water (either unintentionally or deliberately, such as in a drying harbour), as opposed to afloat. [3] ahead Forward of the bow. ahoo An adjective indicating an un-seamanlike state of disarray.

  3. Glossary of nautical terms (M–Z) - Wikipedia

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    A ball woven out of line used to provide heft to heave the line to another location. The monkey fist and other heaving-line knots were sometimes weighted with lead (easily available in the form of foil used e.g. to seal tea chests from dampness) although Clifford W. Ashley notes that there was a "definite sporting limit" to the weight thus added.

  4. Slop - Wikipedia

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    Slop or SLOP may refer to: Slop (clothing) AI slop, a derogatory term describing low-quality artificial intelligence-generated content or media; Slop is the common name for household food scraps; Strategic Lateral Offset Procedure, in aviation, a procedure for avoiding collisions; a popular term for Backlash (engineering)

  5. What is the 2024 Oxford Word of the Year? - AOL

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    Slop Noun: "Art, writing, or other content generated using artificial intelligence, shared and distributed online in an indiscriminate or intrusive way, and characterized as being of low quality ...

  6. Week 4 preview: Josh Allen vs. Lamar, Geno vs. Lions, Hurts ...

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    Week 4 preview: Josh Allen vs. Lamar, Geno vs. Lions, Hurts vs. Bucs D, slop watch | Football 301. Nate Tice. September 26, 2024 at 6:37 PM ... Check out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast ...

  7. Exclamation mark - Wikipedia

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    The exclamation mark often marks the end of a sentence, for example: "Watch out!". Similarly, a bare exclamation mark (with nothing before or after) is often used in warning signs. The exclamation mark is often used in writing to make a character seem as though they are shouting, excited, or surprised. Other uses include:

  8. Can cold weather make you sick? Your grandma wasn't entirely ...

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    There is no vaccine for the common cold, which is caused by rhinoviruses. But with all respiratory viruses, people can make sure to dress appropriately with hats and gloves in the cold ...

  9. Strategic lateral offset procedure - Wikipedia

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    SLOP allows aircraft to offset the centreline of an airway or flight route by a small amount, normally to the right, so that collision with opposite direction aircraft becomes unlikely. In the North Atlantic Region pilots are expected to fly along the oceanic track center-line or 1 or 2 nautical miles to its right, randomly choosing one of ...