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  • noun Nontechnical units of radiation, such as are present in a compartment containing or near nuclear weapons or a nuclear reactor, or are picked up on a dosimeter.

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Examples

  • All that talk about zoomies being the shiznit is crap.

    For more Althouse, see Instapundit. Ann Althouse 2008

  • Air Force were zoomies or wing nuts, Army were bullet stoppers, Marines were jarheads, Navy were squids.

    Romney wins... and on to the debate. Ann Althouse 2008

  • I'm not saying there aren't plenty of squids and zoomies with sand in their shorts, but only that Pollock's suggestion that dropping 40,000 troops in Iraq wouldn't be hard is asinine.

    Archive 2006-12-01 Glenn Greenwald 2006

  • I'm not saying there aren't plenty of squids and zoomies with sand in their shorts, but only that Pollock's suggestion that dropping 40,000 troops in Iraq wouldn't be hard is asinine.

    There's easy and then there's magic Glenn Greenwald 2006

  • You can now hide specific zoomies by clicking on the "hide" link near the right edge of the the zoomie's heading.

    Softpedia - Windows - All 2010

  • · An option to choose whether clicking on links in zoomies will result in a new foreground tab, a new background tab or in the current tab.

    Softpedia - Windows - All 2010

  • Zumiez, pronounced ` zoomies, ` is a leading specialty retailer of action sports related apparel, footwear, equipment and accessories.

    GuruFocus Updates - 2009

  • And I don’t mean war as an addiction, the constant rush that war junkies get, the crazies mailing ears home to their girlfriends, the zoomies who couldn’t get an erection unless they were cutting in the afterburners on their F-4s.

    Bush Rules 2007

  • The zoomies–the Warthog pilots excepted–don’t care for mud moving.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Defense Earmarks–An Anecdote: 2007

  • “You know the difference between a war and a police action in the middle of the jungle, with the enemy planting mines and pongee sticks for you to walk on and your own zoomies hitting you with Agent Orange and napalm from overhead?

    A Fine and Bitter Snow Stabenow, Dana 2002

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