Terp vs Dyke - What's the difference?
terp | dyke |
(military, or, Deaf, slang) An interpreter (translator).
* 2003 November 27, Paul Watson, “Losing Its Few Good Men”, in the Los Angeles Times :
(computing, slang) An interpreter (program that parses and executes another program).
* 2009 , "Dannii", IF System Idea'' (on newsgroup ''rec.arts.int-fiction )
Any of various essential oils containing monoterpene alcohols which are added to a henna mix to darken the color.
(Australia, slang) A toilet.
(UK) A ditch (rarely also refers to similar natural features, and to one natural valley, Devil's Dyke, Sussex, due to a legend that the devil dug it).
(UK, mainly S England) An earthwork consisting of a ditch and a parallel rampart.
(British) An embankment to prevent inundation, or a causeway.
(UK, mainly Scotland and N England) A mound of earth, stone- or turf-faced, sometimes topped with hedge planting, or a hedge alone, used as a fence.
(UK, mainly Scotland and N England) A dry-stone wall usually forming a boundary to a wood, field or garden.
(British, geology) A body of once molten igneous rock that was injected into older rocks in a manner that crosses bedding planes.
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As nouns the difference between terp and dyke
is that terp is (military|or|deaf|slang) an interpreter (translator) or terp can be any of various essential oils containing monoterpene alcohols which are added to a henna mix to darken the color while dyke is or dyke can be (slang|pejorative) a lesbian, particularly one who appears macho or acts in a macho manner this word has been reclaimed, by some, as politically empowering (see usage notes).As a verb terp
is to add such an essential oil to (a henna mix).terp
English
Etymology 1
Shortening of (interpreter).Noun
(en noun)- But for troops in the new Afghan army, there is a particular irritant: Afghan interpreters working with U.S. soldiers — called terps by troops in the field — can earn more than an Afghan army officer.
- As far as I know all the TADS terps are just ports of the original.
Etymology 2
Shortening of (terpene).Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* English clippings ----dyke
English
(wikipedia dyke)Etymology 1
Variant of (dike).Noun
(en noun)- 1977 , In Cubbaroo's dim distant past
They built a double dyke.
Back to back in the yard it stood
An architectural dream in wood''
— Ian Slack-Smith, ''The Passing of the Twin Seater'', from ''The Cubbaroo Tales'', 1977. Quoted in ''Aussie Humour , Macmillan, 1988, ISBN 0-7251-0553-4, page 235.
