Shock and awe — Shock and awe, technically known as rapid dominance, is a military doctrine based on the use of overwhelming power, dominant battlefield awareness, dominant maneuvers, and spectacular displays of force to paralyze an adversary s perception of the … Wikipedia
Shock rock — is a wide umbrella term for artists who combine rock music with elements of theatrical shock value in live performances. Shock rock first appeared as a loose genre term during the early 1970s, referring to glam rock era musicians. The genre s… … Wikipedia
Shock jock — is a slang term used to describe a type of radio broadcaster (sometimes a disc jockey) who attracts attention using humor that a significant portion of the listening audience may find offensive. The term is usually used pejoratively to describe… … Wikipedia
Shock resistant watch — Shock resistant is a common mark stamped on the back of wrist watches to indicate how well a watch copes with shocks.ISO 1413 shock resistant standardThe International Organization for Standardization issued a standard for shock resistant watches … Wikipedia
Shock advertising — is a type of advertising generally regarded as one that “deliberately, rather than inadvertently, startles and offends its audience by violating norms for social values and personal ideals.” [Dahl, Darren W. et al.… … Wikipedia
Shock cooling (engines) — Shock cooling refers to the theory that damage to engines (particularly air cooled aviation piston engines) may occur because of an excessively rapid decrease in temperature.The situation where rapid cooling arises is on descent from altitude. In … Wikipedia
Shock White — (dates of birth and death unknown) was a noted English cricketer of the mid 18th century who played for Middlesex. He has often been mistaken for Thomas Daddy White but there is no doubt at all that he was a different player altogether.[1] His… … Wikipedia
Shock (troupe) — Shock is a music/mime/dance/pop group that was notable in the early 1980s for supporting English pop groups such as Gary Numan, Adam and the Ants, Depeche Mode and Famous Names, led by Steve Fairnie. In 1979, mime artists Tim Dry and Barbie Wilde … Wikipedia
Shock Nagasaki — is a punk rock band from Brooklyn, New York [ [http://www.myspace.com/shocknagasaki MySpace.com SHOCK NAGASAKI Brooklyn, New York Punk www.myspace.com/shocknagasaki ] ] . They are currently signed to TKO Records. Originally released by Holland… … Wikipedia
Shock Treatment (TV series) — Shock Treatment is a reality entertainment documentary shown in 2005 on Sky One in the UK and Fox Reality in the U.S. It stars Rutger Hauer as presenter and John Woolvet as the fictional Dr. John Templeton. Other members of the cast include… … Wikipedia
Shock wave — Bombshock redirects here. For the Transformers character, see Micromasters#Bombshock. For other uses, see shockwave. Schlieren photograph of an attached shock on a sharp nosed supersonic body. A shock wave (also called shock front or simply shock … Wikipedia