in-law chaser n.— «Theresa felt warmed coming inside, away from the snowy, blowing spring storm.—Theresa overhead that the storm was an in-law chaser and giggled about that. It was the middle of the night but perhaps the son-in-law ran...
Siberian dilemma n.— «One of the things that has happened is similar to what the military calls the Siberian dilemma. If you break through the ice, you have four minutes to live. If you pull out of the ice, in the frozen air you have two...
curtain raiser n.— «The petition was given to the media in plenty of time for reporters to write what we in the business like to call “curtain raisers,” in advance of a big news conference that was held on Tuesday. Let it never be said...
movida n.— «“Santa Fe, when I was younger, was known by its movidas, for lack of a better word,” Councilor Carmichael Dominguez said, using a local term that can refer to sly schemes. “How would we deal with people who said they got...
Toronto trim n.— «Certain procedures can drastically improve a woman’s sexual experience, insist the surgeons. The labia minora reduction for example, or the “Toronto Trim,” as it’s known among Dr Stubbs’s patients, makes the...
tuck-under n.— «Nadal has shown that his strategy can attract talent. (MDC also made four outright acquisitions, or “tuck-unders,” in Nadal parlance, this year.) What he’s selling—that talent matters above all, that the ad...