stiff
v.— «If Santana’s follow-up to the 14-times-platinum Supernatural clicks, Davis, who helped steer this project as well, gets props; if it stiffs, he won’t take the fall, since it’s on his old label, Arista.» —“Power 101″ Entertainment Weekly Oct. 18, 2002. (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...