nos n.— «Taking sly hits of nitrous oxide, or “nos” as it is known on the street, was once a fairly common practice among anaesthetists for whom it was a tool of the trade, Sharpe says.» —“Doctor rubbishes safe ‘nos’...
kayfabe n.— «All participants, including fans, present others with at least a bit of a “kayfabe,” a term which is taken from nineteenth-century carnival, medicine show, and sideshow practice and simply refers to a con or...
wheeling n.— «Freeholder Amy H. Handlin, who in recent months has emerged as an advocate for government reform, and Monmouth County Republican Party Chairman William Dowd both said yesterday that the practice of “wheeling”—in...
wheeling n.— «Kean and Lance said the Democratic proposals don’t address the practice of “wheeling” whereby contributors “launder” contributions by making them to a different county political organization, which in...
wheeling n.— «The best bill in the whole bunch is A-1660, a comprehensive measure the Senate passed last year. It covers all levels of government and eliminates the back-channel practice known as “wheeling,” which lets...
hackmailing n.— «Technology does have a lot to answer for in shaping our language and is by far the greatest source of neologisms. silicon.com’s own effort is to get the word “hackmailing”—a conjunction of hacking and...