Re: "Lost" producers meet with ABC, plan to complete storylines

pv+usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (PV) wrote:

> Ian Galbraith <me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>> Oh god more Variety terms. What the hell does frosh mean?

As others have said, "frosh" is actually fairly common abbreviated
form of "freshman".

> Or "Skein" for that matter. I can't figure it out from context,
> unless it just means "series". *

That's the way they use it. The dictionary defines it as a coil
of thread or yarn. I suspect that VARIETY is suggesting it as
part of the same metaphor class as "net" or "web".

-- jayembee