paper airplane n.— «The jetliner makers are just “throwing paper airplanes at each other,” Wolfgang H. Demisch, aerospace analyst at Morgan Stanley, said last week. He suggested that none of the proposed aircraft may reach the...
Harvard death n.— «I thought about that bitter medical student joke, the “Harvard death,” in which all the lab results are perfect, all the electrolytes and body chemistry numbers “in the boxes”—as the patient dies...
run the traps v. phr.— «I ran the traps around the lexical trade, even asked my brother, who assured me it wasn’t Robert Louis Stevenson.» —“Right Stuff In The Bully Pulpit” by William Safire New York Times Mag...
CILF
n.— «CILF. That would be: “client I’d like to fuck.”» —“CILF” by Audacia Ray Waking Vixen (New York City) Apr. 3, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
shlammer
n.— «Shlammer, Mr. Froot says, is a Yiddish word that means thug.» —“Roughing Up 2nd Bananas on Vaudeville’s Shady Side” by Jack Anderson New York Times Apr. 2, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
synchro n.— «Synchro, as it is called by aficionados, is also growing internationally; next year in Turin, Italy, it will be an Olympic demonstration sport for the second time. Like its waterbound cousin, synchronized swimming, synchro on...