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chained_bear commented on the word shakedown cruise
I like this a lot. Not sure how to use it, but it's cool.
November 2, 2007
reesetee commented on the word shakedown cruise
I like it too. :-) It was (of course) originally a nautical term in which the performance of a ship is tested, but it came to mean any situation in which you're testing a new process or technology--or maybe in even more general terms, the first time you try out something new.
November 3, 2007