taxi queen n.— «Teenage girls are being used by unscrupulous taxi operators in Chatsworth as “scouts” to identify potential robbery targets. The girls—many of whom are addicted to drugs—are planted in taxis to identify passengers carrying...
poop butt n.— «The most severe threat to any adolescent drug user is the “snitch,” or the “loud mouth poop butt.” Anyone perceived as a potential informer will be isolated from the mainstream of adolescent drug use...
m-banking n.— «In many countries, mobile phones are already used on a small scale for deposits and remittances. This could be scaled up to become the new bank architecture of the 21st century. The biggest potential for m-banking, as it is...
refilling n.— «The country’s largest telecommunications operator, Econet Wireless, has installed highly sophisticated software to track down fraudsters who have been prejudicing the company of millions of dollars in potential earnings...
hold five v. phr.— «As the justices write and circulate their drafts, colleagues might have second thoughts about how they voted right after oral arguments. The author of the opinion for the court tries not to lose the majority (five of...
ecosavant n.— «Then there’s Al Gore. During the 2000 election, the press seized on the conceit that Gore was too eager to please, too deferential, too indecisive. Today Gore is still the proto beta male—the on-again-off-again beard, the...