(humorous) the practice of deciding between statistical models based on a plot, rather than a formal procedure.

A village and civil parish (served by Bolton by Bowland, Gisburn Forest and Sawley Parish Council) in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7849).

(dated) An expression of surprise or annoyance.

plural of death by a thousand cuts

present participle of save by the bell

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of save by the bell

A suburb in Worthing borough, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ1102).

(nautical) A close passage by a nautical vessel to a fixed point (on shore), to "salute" the location or persons assembled at the location.

(programming) An evaluation strategy where arguments passed to a function can be mutated in a way that is visible to the caller (unlike call-by-value) but access is not given to the specific variables passed as arguments (unlike call-by-reference).

(idiomatic, dated) To return in disappointment, or in a spirit of contrition.