soaking n.— «A painful out: In base ball’s earliest years, a player could throw a runner out by hitting him with the ball in a practice called soaking. Soaking was outlawed by 1867.» —“A lesson in baseball’s beginnings” by...
Streisand effect n.— «The lesson the AACS seems unwilling to learn is sometimes referred to as the Streisand Effect, in reference to the aging chanteuse who didn’t want photos of her home published, and only encouraged even more...
hypermile v.— «Now, the movement might take a lesson from an obscure but growing hobby—something called “hypermiling.” Count Kevin Moot, of Bloomington, among its aficionados. “There are people who are speed freaks, and...
Nork n.— «The Adventures of Chester links to more Nork news, Chinese sublimation of anti-Americanism, China’s Arabic lesson, and more on Japan’s apology.» —“Evening Linklets” by Dan tdaxp Simon World Apr. 28...
whoa broke v. phr.— «My current dog is what’s called “whoa-broke.” I could have, most likely, stopped her in her tracks, with just a shout.» —“Instinctive ice rescue results in important lesson learned” by Don...
performativity n.— «Recently, a Harvard teaching fellow, Jen Hui Bon Hoa, sent an e-mail to her students in English 193: Introduction to 20th-Century Literary Theory, informing them that the next day’s lesson would be a...