refi
n.— «“It’s refi-mania,” says Felix Beck, chairman of Margaretten & Co., a New Jersey-based mortgage banker.» —“Mortgage-Hunting? Be Ready For Delays and Waiting Lists” by Robert Guenther Wall Street Journal Apr. 2, 1986. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Book recommendations, including a collection of short stories inspired by dictionaries, and a techno-thriller for teens. Or, how about novels with an upbeat message? Publishers call this genre up lit. Plus, a clergyman ponders an arresting phrase in...
How colors got their names, and a strange way to write. The terms blue and orange arrived in English via French, so why didn’t we also adapt the French for black and white? • Not every example of writing goes in one direction across the page...
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