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Office slang for a person who raises their hip in an effort to swipe their electronic data card against a reader to open a door (instead of taking it out of the plastic holder and swiping it by hand). To see how this security method is increasingly being replaced with biometrics and embedded chips, watch the CNBC documentary below!

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