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runway

Posted by Grant Barrett on January 28, 2009 · Add Comment

runway n.—Gloss: The time needed to launch a new business. «We’ll be trying to salvage, sell, merge the promising start-ups and dispensing with those requiring too much runway and capital to break even.» —“Maybe We Should Call Them Venture Pessimists” by Claire Cain Miller New York Times: Bits Jan. 28, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

boat

Posted by Grant Barrett on June 3, 2008 · Add Comment

boat n.— «R&B singer Ray-J was recently allegedly kicked out of a D.C Hyatt hotel for noise complaints and being in possession of the drug “Boat,” a street-term for PCP laced marijuana.» —“HHDX News Bits (Ray-J, Usher, Mary J Blige & Russell Simmons)” by Aliya Ewing, Andres Tardio HipHopDX May 30, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

guising

Posted by Grant Barrett on November 5, 2007 · Add Comment

guising n.— «Harriet is going “guising” this evening (though it’s “trick or treating” in her parlance) and lacks ears for her black cat outfit.» —“Bits and pieces, ups and downs” Cornflower Oct. 31, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

baccy cough

Posted by Grant Barrett on December 14, 2006 · Add Comment

baccy cough n.— «The fact that I have experienced allergies helped bring about that change. My condition (which has been labelled by many as a “baccy“ cough) is not overly serious but tends to be very aggravating and annoying at times.» —“Bits and Butts: “O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree!”” by Howard Butt The Pilot (Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada) Dec. 13, 2006. [...]

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