train n.— «The police call it the Neighborhood Enforcement Stabilization Task Force, a unit charged with aggressively enforcing quality-of-life crimes, but people in the neighborhood ominously refer to it as “the train...
floss v.— «The scene metamorphosed into “kind of a floss-fest,” notes R. J. de Vera, a tuner pioneer who oversees his own performance-oriented brands RO— JA and Motegi Racing. “Flossing” is a hip-hop term that...
submarine patent n.— «Occasionally, patents take a decade or two to be granted because they are held up in appeals and amendments in the Patent Office. When this happens under the existing system, an inventor can obtain a 17-year monopoly...
dockominium n.— «One response has been the rise of the dockominium, an idea that started in Florida’s year-round boating environment. Marinas sell boat slips like real estate, assuring the owner perpetual ownership, tax write-offs for...
high impact incarceration n.— «The New York City Correction Commissioner said yesterday that a “high impact incarceration plan”—similar in some ways to the state’s boot-camp program for prisoners—would begin at Rikers Island...
lipotourism n.— «Immigrants in New York City often develop and maintain commercial ties to their homelands. But this particular link, a dangerous version of what has come to be known as “lipotourism,” is one of the more...