endoclaw n.— «Surgical originally made a name for itself by creating extra-long instruments to operate on morbidly obese people. These include a device called the endoclaw—or kebab skewer as it is known in the trade. Surgeons use it to...
lapping n.— «According to a Ramsey County criminal complaint, Weeks admitted to taking between $3,000 and $6,000 in proceeds from each of the charity’s monthly car auctions, where he was in charge of handing all cash. He told...
squawk box v. phr.— «A former Merrill Lynch & Co. broker on trial for selling access to his firm’s “squawk box’ denied allowing clients to eavesdrop on internal orders at the firm, though he said he believed they were entitled...
hixploitation n.— «Plenty of movies—from comedies to dramas to horror films—have played profitably off these Yankee fears. To some extent, naturally, a bad rap for the South is justified, given its history of slavery, Jim Crow laws and...
bug eater n.— «Axon Automotive, based in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, have stripped down a Caterham 7, even taking off the windscreen. The result is what is called a “bug eater” in the motoring trade.» —“Green light...
godbag n.— «And there’s not a one of these motherGoders who doesn’t have some great plan with how to deal with the terrorists, ranging from the gung-ho kill “em alls to the pinko hippie tolerance rhetoric. Ya know what, General...