pyramidiot n.— «Some are seeing pyramids towering above a drab Bosnian town—perhaps pyramids bigger than the Egyptians built.…Many academics dismiss Semir, who has yet to find any tools or organic relics, as a...
Beckham bone n.— «The Jones fracture, as it came to be called, occurs near the ankle end of the bone, and befalls dancers and soccer players (the metatarsal is known in England as “the Beckham bone”); the Vineyard fracture, meanwhile, is...
dogs of the Dow n.pl.— «WI was thinking of the Dogs of the Dow, those high-yielding blue chips that gained notoriety nearly a decade ago.…The Dogs of the Dow system was invented a quarter-century ago by a money manager named Michael...
red dot n.— «Gesturing across the wood-paneled office, he points to a relief map of Indonesia and the surrounding region mounted on the far wall. “It’s OK with me, but there are 211 million people (in Indonesia),” he says...
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...
office wife n.— «“I’m not very much pleased with the way you and Ted Jones and Jim Farrel cut up. They call you ‘our office wife’ and act as if they had known you all their lives.” “Office wife?” repeated Helen...