Dictionary of Exhausted Minds on Fieldwork

As we set up sites (see On top of spaghetti) we started making up words or using them in an unusual way, likely as a s result of utter exhaustion. Here is a dictionary for translation (to be updated as needed).

In order of invention:
Popcorn  (n)
--tiny salamanders, because they jump around like little popcorn kernels
Breadcrumb (n)
--a trail of flagging to find the study plots
Breadcrumb (v)
--the activity of making breadcrumbs (see above definition) with flagging tape
Shiny stuff (n)
--reflective tape
-synonym: "sticky stuff"
Meatball (n)
--roll of flagging tape, specifically the tough flagging made for the Arctic
Meatball (v)
--the act of an object rolling down the hillside
Bright stick (n)
--PCV pipe with reflective tape already on it
Blackberry Marmalade (n)
--salamander larvae that are either black-belly salamanders or shovel-nose salamanders (Desmognathus marmoratus). They are almsot identical, especially when they are small. Black-bellies were called blackberries on accident and we were calling shovel-nose 'marmoratus' for short which became marmalade. *Later note, they may be dwarf blackbelly salamanders....*shrug* hard to say without genetics

Air potato (n)
--an empty gall, very light weight (courtesy of Sadie)
Abi-trail (n)
--trail created by Abigail around salamanders weighted repeatedly through the night (also courtesy of Sadie)
Sparkle post (n)
--A bright stick in the ground.
Noped (v)
--when you make eye contact with an organism you are trying to catch an they quickly disappear (EX: a salamander is in a burrow opening but when you see it, it says 'nope' but quickly withdrawing into the burrow)
Wisp (n)
--reflectors placed on trees on the path to study sites (as in Will-o'-the-wisps, because you end up following 'lights' into the woods)