hot box n.— «The incident took place on the team bus Sept. 9 following a pre-season game in London. According to Branch’s findings, four players were made to undress and stand in the bathroom at the back of the bus for an initiation many...
swivel chair job
n.— «Jay F. Gould, Minnesota Game Commissioner, shows his is no swivel chair job.» —Syracuse Herald (N.Y.) Feb. 27, 1927. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
toot route n.— «We know more about saw-whets now than we did 10 years ago, because of an innovative survey technique called a “toot route” that was used by the Game Commission in 2000 and 2001 to locate saw-whets...
apple turnover n.— «It took a slew of Pistons mistakes—the always colorful Rasheed Wallace referred to them as “apple turnovers”—in order for the Heat to escape with a close Game 2 win at home.» —“Heat haven’t shown they...
d-cinema n.— «Digital cinema came thundering into theaters with its high resolution imagery and crisp multichannel audio. Currently, only 39 theaters worldwide are showing D-Cinema pictures and development is still in its infancy...
21 for 21 n.— «The tradition is “power hour,” or “21 for 21,” as it is known in some other places across the country: 21-year-olds go to a bar at midnight on their birthdays, flash newly legal identification and...