transactional lobbying n.— «Mr. Wilkes had set up separate meetings with the lawmakers hoping to win a government contract, and he planned to punctuate each pitch with a campaign donation. But his hometown congressman, Representative Bill...
rankism n.— «What’s rankism, or rankist behavior? It is hiring an intern and ignoring her all summer. Or pointlessly yelling at the receptionist about a manager who is late. Or a professor’s taking credit for a graduate student’s research...
dignitarian n.— «What’s rankism, or rankist behavior? It is hiring an intern and ignoring her all summer. Or pointlessly yelling at the receptionist about a manager who is late. Or a professor’s taking credit for a graduate student’s...
swamp ass n.— «Smells like swamp ass, and knows the penis sizes of every man in every fraternity.» —“Re: You Can All Kiss My Red, Black, And White Ass!” by Iceman Usenet: alt.sports.hockey.nhl.ny-rangers Feb. 23...
man sick n.— «Added to that is a highly macho culture, where suffering from a sexually transmitted infection—or “man sick” as it is commonly called—is a sign of virility; a barrier to both condom use and medical treatment...
milkshake v.— «“Hook me up to a lie detector, I swear to God, no one in this barn or me milkshaked that 50-1 shot who ran last,” O’Neill said, referring to the term for an illegal mixture said to reduce fatigue in horses...