[S99] fill out some blanks

S99-glossary.pod

@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@ Synopsis 99: Glossary
 =head1 AUTHORS
 
     Elizabeth Mattijsen (liz@dijkmat.nl)
+    Moritz Lenz
 
 =head1 VERSION
 
     Created: 26 June 2013
 
-    Last Modified: 27 June 2013
-    Version: 2
+    Last Modified: 30 June 2013
+    Version: 3
 
 This document tries to define many of the terms used in the Synopsis.  It does
 not have an Apocalypse or Exegesis predecessor.  It is intended as both a
@@ -98,6 +99,8 @@ L</actions>, L</PAST>, and L</QAST>.
 
 =head2 attribute
 
+Per-object storage slot. Some other objects that "Field".
+
 =head2 auth
 
 Way of deliberately ambiguously expressing L</author> or L</authority>.
@@ -123,7 +126,17 @@ L<http://irc.perl6.org> to see what has been logged for you.
 Spanish for "dancer", The Bailador module (L<https://github.com/tadzik/Bailador/>)
 is a port of Perl 5's Dancer web framework (L<http://perldancer.org/>).
 
-=head2 blorst
+=head2 blast
+
+"B<Bl>ock, B<A>lternatively B<St>atement". Several constructs in Perl 6 expect either a
+single statement, or a block. Thus, a blast:
+
+    try { dangerous(); functions() };
+    #   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  Block
+    try dangerous-function();
+    #   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^          Statement
+
+Particularly cute, because L</phaser>s expect blasts.
 
 =head2 brb
 
@@ -137,6 +150,9 @@ Bounded Serialization.
 
 =head2 caller
 
+The piece of code (or its lexical environment) that called a given piece of
+code. Generally only known at run time.
+
 =head2 CALLER::
 
 =head2 Camelia
@@ -158,6 +174,9 @@ Perl 5, Perl 6 and NQP.
 
 To L</backlog>.
 
+Etymology: There is a website C<irclog.perlgeek.de> providing either IRC logs
+or IR clogs, depending on how you interpret the domain name.
+
 =head2 CLR
 
 Common Language Runtime, as used by Niecza/mono/.NET.
@@ -192,12 +211,18 @@ branch for development in a repository.
 
 =head2 dies_ok
 
+A C<Test> function that succeeds when its argument, a Code object, dies at run
+time. See L<S24>.
+
 =head2 DIHWIDT
 
 Doctor, It Hurts When I Do This.  Well, stop doing it then.
 
 =head2 dispatcher
 
+The piece of code in the runtime that determines which (multi) method or
+subroutine to invoke.
+
 =head2 distribution
 
 A collection of 1 or more L</compunit>s for installing locally, or for loading
@@ -282,10 +307,16 @@ results of parsing with a grammar can be further passed on to L</actions>.
 
 =head2 green threads
 
+Threads that are scheduled by the virtual machine, not by the operating
+system.
+
 =head1 H
 
 =head2 hash
 
+A data type, conveniently available in variables starting with the pecent sign
+C<%> and provided by type C<Hash>.
+
 =head2 hyper
 
 Process data asynchronously when possible, but return the result data in the
@@ -306,6 +337,8 @@ If I Understand Correctly.
 
 =head2 infix
 
+An operator that can appear between two terms.
+
 =head2 inline
 
 =head2 install
@@ -314,6 +347,8 @@ If I Understand Correctly.
 
 =head2 Int
 
+A built-in arbitrary-sized integer type. See L<http://doc.perl6.org/type/Int>.
+
 =head2 int
 
 =head2 interface
@@ -323,7 +358,8 @@ If I Understand Correctly.
 =head2 IRC
 
 Internet Relay Chat.  Perl 6 developers and users usually hang out on the
-#perl6 channel on C<irc.freenode.org>.
+#perl6 channel on C<irc.freenode.org>. See also
+L<http://perl6.org/community/irc>.
 
 =head2 ISTR
 
@@ -337,6 +373,9 @@ I Seem To Remember.
 
 =head2 junction
 
+A compound type that is transparent to many operations. See
+L<http://doc.perl6.org/type/Junction>.
+
 =head2 JVM
 
 Java Virtual Machine.
@@ -491,6 +530,12 @@ Short for "problem".  As in "that's not the pb".
 
 =head2 Perlito
 
+=head2 phaser
+
+A piece of code (a L</blast>) that runs at a particular phase in the program's
+lifecycle, for example during compilation (C<BEGIN>), the first time a loop is
+entered (C<FIRST>), or after al regular code has run (C<END>).
+
 =head2 PIR
 
 Parrot Intermediate Representation.