Also speaking of animals, an immigrant from India recounts his confusion the first time he heard the expression “I’m going to go see a man about a horse.” How in did that become a euphemism for “I’m going to go to the...
ambulance-chasing n.— «“Clinical research and translational research is down 70% in the U.S.,” he tells me, laying out two primary explanations: First, he blames “the lobbies, restrictions, confidentiality problems, insurance...
Burnt Rice n.— «The US is also not leaving anything to chance. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has cancelled a scheduled trip to the Middle East and Congo. President Bush will also be on hand should the matter require intervention at...
black-birding n.— «The settlers found it difficult to recruit workers from among the warring tribes. With this began the pernicious trade in human beings: unsuspecting people were kidnapped or lured onto visiting ships on the other...
liftoff n.— «“Liftoff” in headhunter speak, or team movement in common parlance, is the latest buzzword that’s creating a stir in India Inc, especially in the financial sector.…Recently, four key executives from JM Financial...
guru n.— «In Brampton’s Springdale neighbourhood, turbaned Sikh youth recently arrived from India are commonly called “guru” and other derogatory terms by their “coconut” second-generation Punjabi-Canadian peers...