humorous reference to the Gallup poll, the best known of the public opinion surveys. Instituted by Dr. GeorgeGallup in 1935, trained interviewers interrogate a carefully selected but small crosssection of the population. A trot is a gait of a horse, etc., in which a front leg and the opposite hind leg are moved at the sametime. —Conquest of Chaos Approved Glossary (8.7.92)