bright work n.— «Hill’s job on this piece of aviation history was a tricky procedure called “bright work,” shining the naked aluminum on the underside of Air Force One’s fuselage. “We polished it. Then we put a coat of...
torpedoing n.— «The first ring under probe involved accomplices in Venezuela, who stuffed duffel bags with cocaine and surreptitiously fastened them to the sea-water intakes underside docked boats destined for Canada.…The method is...
Kangaroo Duck n. the conveyance of an inflatable boat by means of the underside of a helicopter. Also K-Duck. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
tiger stripe n.— «August I started a new urban legend at Gencon, amazing even myself at my physical relilience in the third trimester. I started to carry heavy and knew I waddled if I walked when tired. Tiger stripes of stretch marks...
wheeling n.— «In fact, he is a beneficiary of a process that allows party leaders to amass hefty contributions and then transfer, or “wheel,” the funds directly to a candidate’s campaign account.…Campaign watchdogs and...