Tingle table n.— «The Tingle Table, designed by an IRS employee in 1961, is used at Service Centers to sort paper tax returns.» —by Department of The Treasury Internal Revenue Service Annual Report Fiscal Year...
manu militari n.— «Le Pen, 78, was first out of the box. During a candidates’ forum last week in Paris organized by Elle magazine, Le Pen, who describes himself as antiabortion, said he opposed the free distribution of condoms in schools...
brown-bag v.— «On the farm, brown-bagging is the practice of selling harvested, government-protected varieties of seed to other farmers for future planting at discount prices. On Wednesday, in an 8-1 victory for the nation’s seed...
e-fencing n.— «Gangs often steal items from several stores, then sell the goods for about 70 percent of the retail value at online auction sites in a practice known as “e-fencing.”» —“Retailers Join Forces To Track Theft...
cutes n.pl.— «Bell’s a heartthrob. Tall and handsome, he’s got a Donny Osmond-like dose of the cutes, and, onstage, cute elides into hott.» —“Pearls Before Breakfast” by Gene Weingarten Washington Post Apr. 4...
hott adj.— «Bell’s a heartthrob. Tall and handsome, he’s got a Donny Osmond-like dose of the cutes, and, onstage, cute elides into hott.» —“Pearls Before Breakfast” by Gene Weingarten Washington Post Apr. 4, 2007...