spime n.— «The next stage is an object that does not exist yet. It needs a noun, so that we can think about it. We can call it a “Spime,” which is a neologism for an imaginary object that is still speculative.» —“When...
dibby-dibby adj.— «An attack on the PNP’s rule during the 1970s, for example, is followed, to uproarious applause, by a description of Mr Manley’s team as a “dibby-dibby posse”—meaning something like “smart-arse...
NOBOB n.— «While the U.S. Coast Guard has been given the authority to regulate ballast water discharges through what was originally the Non-Indigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990, Cox said the regulatory...
partey n.— «If our military strategists feel that tear gas and batons would be enough to control an enraged mob of “parteys’ they are deluding themselves. Things have progressed to the stage in Male’ today where almost every...
cutie-pie n.— «“Guys all want to be punchers now, not boxers. People are calling them cutie-pies, and it’s because they’re emulating guys they see in the ring as pros.”…He doesn’t want his boxers putting themselves at a...
nuclear option n.— «Morgan Grenfell chose the “nuclear option” and asked Mr Collier to resign. There is, of course, a range of lesser sanctions appropriate to lesser misdemeanours.» —“Collier case seen as shot across bows...