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Consumers in the market for new windows for
their home can sometimes find themselves entangled in a web of mysterious
industry terms one could call "windowspeak." For many consumers, these
terms can be mysterious and difficult to understand, not to mention hard
to pronounce. In order to make the window shopping experience more
enjoyable, below is a lighthearted multiple-choice quiz of 12 common
window terms. The correct answer in each case is "c."
(a) A recently discovered solar system, (b)
the heartthrob of Astro, The Jetsons® family dog, or (c) the center joint
of a double door that is attached to the stationary door panel.
(a) Slang for what moviegoers find
themselves doing during a boring film, (b) the most reverential inning
in a baseball game, or (c) a window whose sash is hinged at the top and
that swings outward.
(a) A California-style basement, (b) a
criminal file, or (c) a window whose sash opens on side hinges and
opens inward or outward.
(a) The autobiography of a French
explorer named Jacques Clere, (b) a cold medicine, or (c) a window
near the top of an outside wall.
(a) A college student who resides on
campus, (b) a partner in the law firm Dorm and Dormer, or (c) a
space that protrudes from the roof, usually including one or more
windows.
(a) A style of raised donut, (b) a
hazardous road condition resulting from a Nor'easter, or (c) the
use of two panes of glass in a window to increase energy
efficiency and provide other performance benefits.
(a) A special method of tying a tie,
(b) an indefensibly cruel and painful medieval torture, or (c) a
window that has two sash, one above the other, in which both
sash can be slid up and down.
(a) The use of vehicle headlights
to get an approaching motorist to turn off his high beams, (b)
what the TV screen appears to do when someone else has
commandeered the remote, or (c) a metal or plastic strip
attached to the outside of the window frame to help prevent
leakage between the frame and the wall.
(a) An engineless airplane
designed to glide once airborne, (b) another way of saying
slacker, or (c) a window or patio door with two sash or
panels that slide horizontally in grooves within the frame.
(a) A vitamin E deficiency,
(b) the little-known academic equivalent of an F-, or (c)
low-emissivity (thus, Low-E), energy-efficient glass that
uses a film or metallic coating to restrict the passage of
radiant heat.
(a) The German word for
muffin, (b) a type of tin discovered in the 19th century
by metals processors in Muncie, Ind., or (c) a short bar,
also known as a grille, used to separate a sash into
multiple lights of glass.
(a) Something parents wear
to demonstrate rank over their children, (b) South Sea
currency, or (c) the portion of a window that includes
the glass.
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