loc

plural locs · alternative 'loc

1. informalplural normallyA dreadlock.

   Thinning hair can be especially disconcerting when one is trying to wear 'locs, also known as dreadlocks, which I'd first begun in late 2001. […] I finally fetched the shears and, cringing, cut off each 'loc at the point where new growth was coming in.

   2020 May 17, Helaine R. Williams, “LET'S TALK: Cutting 'locs good lesson in fulfillment”, in Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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   Locs are another protective hairstyle that dates back to Africa. This rope-like hairstyle is achieved by matting the hair. Priests of the Ethiopian Coptic religion in 500 BCE wore locs, and the first archaeological evidence of locs comes from East Africa.

   2021, Nadia E. Brown, Danielle Casarez Lemi, Sister Style: The Politics of Appearance for Black Women Political Elites, New York, NY: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 25

present singular third person locs · participle present locing · participle past loced · past loced · alternative 'loc

1. informaltransitiveTo style (the hair) in dreadlocks.

   Dread Head will assist you with temporarily locing your hair.

   1996, Hype Hair, page 42

plural locs

1. countableuncountableAlternative letter-case form of LOC.

plural locs

1. abbreviationclippingcountableuncountablecomputingClipping of localization.

comparative more loc · superlative most loc

1. USabbreviationclippingslangClipping of loco (“crazy”).

   Wassup, can a loc come up in your crib?

plural LOCs

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablechemistryInitialism of lab on a chip.
2. abbreviationcountableinitialismletteruncountableInitialism of letter of contract.
3. abbreviationcountabledatedinitialismletterslanguncountablelifestyleInitialism of letter of comment
4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableemergency medicineInitialism of level of consciousness.
5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebankingInitialism of line of credit.
6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of line of code.

   Synonyms: SLOC

7. abbreviationcountableuncountableaeronauticsAbbreviation of localizer.
8. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablespace flightInitialism of loss of crew.
9. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of loss of consciousness.
10. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableaeronauticsInitialism of loss of control.

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    WARNING: If CSS is not selected immediately for some 2 EO RTLS contingency abort situations, the vehicle may pitch up and out of control, due to the low thrust-to-weight situation and relatively high dynamic pressure. When a second engine fails, the vehicle will pitch up and try to maintain its trajectory at a lower thrust to weight. However, the dynamic pressure may be too high to maintain this attitude at this angle of attack and the flight control system will quickly become saturated, resulting in LOC.

    2007 February 14, NASA, “4.5.4 RTLS Two-Engine-Out CSS Required”, in Contingency Aborts 21007/31007, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2021, retrieved 04 Jan 2023, page 46

11. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegymnasticsInitialism of local organisation committee.

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Library of Congress.
2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Line of Control.

plural LoCs · alternative loc · alternative LOC

1. datedslanglifestyleCorrespondence, usually a letter, sent to a periodical commenting on either the contents of a previous issue or an earlier letter of comment.

   Available for Trade, LoC, Contribution, goodwill (rarely) or even money.

   1964 January, Les Spinge, page 2

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   The first contributor of an accepted new item (not a COA) is entitled to a free issue, as are all other Good People who send in locs, cartoons, etc.

   1961 May 6, Fanac, page 1

2. abbreviationinitialismcomputingInitialism of lines of code.

   Synonyms: LOC, SLOC

present singular third person LoCs · participle present LoCcing · participle past LoCced · past LoCced · alternative loc · alternative LOC

1. datedslanglifestyleTo write a letter of comment to a periodical.

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   But what happens, since you have spent a couple of weeks with this firm intention to LoC them all in mind, and in many instances you've even check-marked the particular things you want to comment on and thought about just what you want to say, as future issues of fanzines come into your mailbox, you break your fingernails on the staples in your haste to get to them opened so you can turn to the lettercolumn to see if they printed your LoC.

   1997 December 22, Rich Brown (Dr Gafia), “Re: The Good Ol' 'Write-In' Ballot”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <19971222234601.SAA25451@ladder02.news.aol.com>

   Synonyms: letterhack