Terp

Shortening of interpreter.

Full definition of terp

Noun

1. (military or Deaf, slang) An interpreter (translator).
• 2003 November 27, Paul Watson, “Losing Its Few Good Men”, in the Los Angeles Times:But for troops in the new Afghan army, there is a particular irritant: Afghan interpreters working with U.S. soldiers — called terps by troops in the field — can earn more than an Afghan army officer.
2. (computing, slang) An interpreter (program that parses and executes another program).
• 2009, "Dannii", IF System Idea (on newsgroup rec.arts.int-fiction)As far as I know all the TADS terps are just ports of the original.

Shortening of terpene.

Noun

1. Any of various essential oils containing monoterpene alcohols which are added to a henna mix to darken the color.

Verb

1. (transitive) To add such an essential oil to (a henna mix).

Anagrams

• pert, PERT