biological passport
n.—Gloss: a continuous record of a professional bicyclist’s drug tests. «In an effort to rescue the sport’s prestige, the International Cycling Union plans to institute what is known as a “biological passport.” Cyclists will be subject to monthly blood testing. Failure to present their testing “passport” would disqualify them from competitions like the Tour de France.» —“Straight dope on drug testing” by Cathal Kelly Toronto Star (Canada) Dec. 15, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
To give it the old college try means “to put forth one’s best effort.” The phrase stems from the early days of baseball, and arose...
In just seconds, online text generators and chatbots can produce whole paragraphs of sophisticated prose. But what do advances in artificial...
It was a dark and stormy night. So begins the long and increasingly convoluted prose of Edwards Bulwer-Lytton’s best-known novel. Today the...
High school students in Alabama share some favorite slang terms. If someone tells you to touch grass, they’re telling you to get a reality...
Mickey from Austin, Texas, is curious about a phrase his mother uses: Are you smelling what I’m stepping in? meaning “Do you understand...
Amelia in Arlington, Virginia, was surprised to hear her wife, who is from Iowa, use the phrase getting the goody out to describe someone sporting a...
You must log in to post a comment.