laughing room n.— «Let me put it another way: unless Times editors have overcome several decades of their own inertia, readers on Tuesday will find a prominent story serving the pecuniary interests of three privately controlled companies...
shakalaka n.— «The songs do sound noticeably catchier whenever they leave Don Black’s drab English lyrics behind and lapse into whichever one of India’s innumerable languages coined the word shakalaka.» —“Bollywood plus Broadway...
biking n.— «Examples are バイキング which sounds like biking. However it is from the word Viking and means smorgasbord. » —by Alan R. Miller Loan Words , 2004. (source: Double-Tongued...
eco-roof n.— «Hines argues that there are sound technical reasons to use an eco-roof. “A grass roof protects the roof membrane on flat roofs from extremes of temperature and also blocks ultra-violet light, which helps the membrane...