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 You may also need to check <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/docs/+/HEAD/glossary.md>.
 
+* CITGM: "The Canary in the Goldmine". CITGM is a simple tool for pulling down
+  an arbitrary module from npm and testing it using a specific version of the
+  node runtime. The Node.js project uses CITGM to smoke test our releases and
+  controversial changes. See more details on the [CITGM repository](https://github.com/nodejs/citgm).
 * LGTM: "Looks good to me", commonly used to approve a code review.
 * PTAL: Please take a look.
 * RSLGTM: "Rubber-stamp looks good to me". The reviewer approving without doing