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  • delint
    /dee-lint/ v. To modify code to remove problems detected when {lint}ing. Confusingly, this is also referred to as `linting' code.


  •  View Definition: virtual Friday 

    virtual Friday


    n. The last day before an extended weekend, if that day is not a `real' Friday. For example, the U.S. holiday Thanksgiving is always on a Thursday. The next day is often also a holiday or taken as an extra day off, in which case Wednesday of that week is a virtual Friday (and Thursday is a virtual Saturday, as is Friday). There are also `virtual Mondays' that are actually Tuesdays, after the three-day weekends associated with many national holidays in the U.S.