Grick
/grik/ (WPI, first used by Tim Haven to describe “grick trigonometry”, a shortcut method of determing attack angles in grid-based games like Star Trek) Any integral increment of measurement. E.g. “Please turn the stereo up a few gricks”.
(1995-01-31)
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