descanso n.— «The practice of erecting memorials may have its origins in Mexico. Roadside memorials there are called descanso, which means resting place.» —“Roadside reminders” by Kelly Garbus Kansas City Star...
netsuzo n.— «The practice of false reporting is so commonplace among the nonestablishment Japanese press that journalists have coined a term for it: netsuzo, or “the manufacturing of the news.”» —“‘A Public Betrayed’:...
descanso n.— «In the Southwest, the markers are called descansos, which comes from the Spanish word for resting. The practice comes from a Spanish tradition of placing stones where pallbearers rested between the church and the cemetery...
bak-oond n.— «The injuries were allegedly sustained during a “corridor session” in which pupils are forced to crawl on hands and knees past other hostel dwellers, who then hit the pupil. The practice is referred to as...
witblitz n.— «The injuries were allegedly sustained during a “corridor session” in which pupils are forced to crawl on hands and knees past other hostel dwellers, who then hit the pupil. The practice is referred to as...
toe-touch n.— «You talk a lot about the practice back then of the ‘toe-touch’—someone reporting a story from their home desk and then traveling only briefly to the city where the story is set just to ‘get the dateline.’ You say editors...