bangernomics n.— «Others choose to avoid depreciation and buy a car that is at least five years old and drive it until it dies, a practice known as bangernomics in the UK.» —“New-car values go up in smoke” by Rob...
flat flounder n.— «In official and academic circles it is called intellectual dishonesty. On the long wall in Challengers or at the rum shop it is called CROOKEDNESS. At times the people afflicted are called “FLAT FOUNDER”...
Y2Y n.— «The long-range agenda behind the environmentalist’s effort to move grizzlies into the Selway-Bitterroot ecosystem is a part of a movement to develop a corridor that could link populations of bears all the way from Alaska to the...
downhill guy n.— «In addition to Hightower, the Spiders can pound with 235-pound Josh Vaughan. But it’s Hightower who Clawson refers to as “our downhill guy.” On a 24-play Richmond drive vs. Northeastern that started late in...
pamper pole n.— «Amid towering trees in a woodland setting was the ropes course area: there was a climbing tower, a pole and cargo netting that looked like something from army training camp. Barclay pointed to the “pamper...
statie n.— «“The Departed” tells of two Irish-American men, each behind enemy lines in the war between Boston police and the underworld. Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a troubled state police cadet (a “Statie” in...