blast n.— «The company is paying et al Associates, an e-mail marketing company based in Allen, Texas, $7,500 for a 90-day spam blast that will deliver 10 million e-mails to people who have opted to receive information about health and...
phoneslaughter n.— «In Washington state, it’s not illegal to drive while using a cell phone, nor is law enforcement required to track it as a factor in collisions. And if you kill someone while you’re doing it—called...
dreadmill n.— «Many runners refer to it as the “dreadmill” because of the boredom factor.» —“Treadmill kills excuses for not running” by Bernice Torregrossa Daily News (Galveston, Texas) Nov. 26, 2005...
stiffs n.pl.— «Having the threat of being forced to play “in the stiffs” “with the B-Team,” or “with the scrubs,” pick your pejorative, is surely a powerful motivating factor for any modern athlete...
A factor n.— «They judged the participants not only for their singing talent but also their attitude or the “A” factor as it is called.» —“Telly Chakkar: Zee’s ‘Antakshari’ checks for the ‘A’...
Nigerian factor n.— «The elders have held on to what is the Nigerian factor. Nigerian factor is another word for incompetence, inefficiency, ineffectiveness.» —“People of My Generation Spoilt Nigeria” by Godwin Alabi...