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bando

bando  n.— «“That’s what you call convenient,” said James Bertan, 41, an ex-convict and self-described “bando,” or someone who lives in abandoned houses.» —“Some homeless turn to foreclosed homes” USA...

HC

HC  n.— «The sport’s governing bodies, the Union Cycliste International and USA Cycling, gave the seven-day stage race a ranking of 2.HC, putting it on a par with the Tour of California as the premier cycling events in the U.S...

jugate

jugate  n.— «According to Warlick, the popularity of a president, the quantity of buttons produced and the design content are key factors. Buttons with photographs are always more sought after by collectors. Buttons that include both the...

suckers’ rally

suckers’ rally  n.— «They raise the hopes of investors. They occur out of nowhere. They can be money-making opportunities. But they tend to be fleeting. These are the stock rallies that occur when the economic outlook is bleak, news...

burnable snow

burnable snow  n.— «The country’s administration has recently prepared the report to the Congress on the new natural gas discovery. The USA plans to extract gas from the so-called gas hydrates, which are in abundance in the Arctic region...

momnesia

momnesia  n.— «Momnesia—the mental fuzziness and memory lapses that set in shortly after childbirth—had struck again.» —“Babies can cause ‘momnesia’” by Liz Szabo USA Today Mar. 3, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued...

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