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thunder

thunder  n.— «And by men, we mean those already at the peak of their careers, proven by their luxury vehicles while parked nearby their drivers play cards, waiting for their bosses till the wee hours. Suave and moneyed, these new breed of...

thunder cat

thunder cat  n.— «And by men, we mean those already at the peak of their careers, proven by their luxury vehicles while parked nearby their drivers play cards, waiting for their bosses till the wee hours. Suave and moneyed, these new breed...

bomb peak

bomb peak  n.— «The chemical record in stalagmites is so sensitive the scientists are even able to plot the presence of what is called the bomb peak—the presence of excess carbon 14 created by the global atmospheric nuclear tests of the...

Goldilocks

Goldilocks  attrib.— «A friend of mine thinks it should be the Goldilocks Arena. We had one that was too small, then one that was too big.» —“Houston has Summit, but no Peak for Spurs” by Rick Casey San Antonio Express...

oilgarchy

oilgarchy  n.— «But other, less “grand” imperatives are uppermost in the minds of the Bush Oiligarchy, including the coming “Big Rollover” when oil and gas supplies peak and then precipitously decline, estimated to...

Jesus year

Jesus year n. a person’s 33rd year of life. Editorial Note: A similar term is Elvis year ‘a person’s 42nd year of life; the peak year of at which a person or thing peaks in popularity.’ Etymological Note: From the age that Jesus is said to have been...