paper airplane n.— «The much-touted Boeing 7E7 Dreamliner is still just a paper airplane, but that’s likely to change soon.» —“Boeing officials report solid base of commitments to launch 7E7 Dreamliner” by Bob...
paper airplane n.— «The world’s first hypersonic air-breathing free-flight vehicle is no longer just a paper airplane.» —“X-43 hypersonic flight research vehicle delivered” M2 Presswire Nov. 8, 1999. (source: Double...
paper airplane n.— «So far, it’s only a paper airplane. But the Airbus A3XX has already generated a war of words commensurate with its size on both sides of the Atlantic between Boeing and its archrival.» —“Boeing, Airbus Battling...
paper airplane n.— «Aviation has a long history of what people call “paper airplanes”—some guy comes along who’s going to build a new plane that goes 1,000 miles an hour and only costs $200 to fly, and he raises money and is...
digital dust n.— «In a 2003 privacy paper sponsored by ID World Magazine, Mr. Krull first coined the term “digital dust” to describe the thousands of transactions residents of developed countries initiate each month in...
Mortarville n.— «On the Front Page of Stars and Stripes (Which is free in Iraq) the paper goes on to tell the world that LSA (logistics support area) Anaconda is now nicknamed Mortarville but is’s okay they are used to it and will not get...