gapping n.— «The practice is called “gapping.” It’s when colleges offer students financial aid packages beneath what they need to attend—often driving them to other revenue sources like a private loan or, if they’re lucky, a...
air breather n.— «Hundreds of American support personnel members on the ground in Colombia complemented these elite forces, in addition to a frenzied intelligence-gathering operation located in the United States Embassy here, drawing on...
dekitting n.— «About one hundred corps members in the Batch “A” NYSC 2007 serving indifferent parts of the country have appealed to members of the National Assembly, the National Universities Commission, Minister of education...
Blessing Way n.— «The Blessing Way has been adapted as an alternative baby shower for spiritual moms in recent years. This is much less commercial and much more personal, intimate way to honor the blessed event of a birth. During Blessing...
dead-checking v. phr.— «Lopezromo said a procedure called “dead-checking” was routine. If Marines entered a house where a man was wounded, instead of checking to see whether he needed medical aid, they shot him to make sure he...
compassion club n. a group that provides marijuana as a medicinal aid in defiance of anti-drug laws. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)