Thin Green Line n.— «Game wardens in California are already underpaid by any standard, and stretched so thin the “Thin Green Line,” as they are called, could be known as the “Thin Dotted Line” if the budget...
true up n.— «Each December, PG&E looks at the costs associated with delivering power to roughly 15 million Californians. In a process called the “true up,” the utility’s executives study their costs to buy electricity from...
grasstop n.— «The Transportation Department has said it did not engage in grassroots lobbying. But Thomas Susman, an attorney at Ropes & Gray in Washington and co-author of “The Lobbying Manual,” said contacting...
smogged v.— «Andrew had brought Bob to be smogged on Monday and this 25-year-old vehicle did not pass.» —“A trip to Baja with Bob” by Sharron Esler Sierra Sun (Truckee, California) Apr. 16, 2004. (source:...
smogged
v.— «’67 PLYM Fury…belted tires, smogged, $895.» —“Autos For Sale” in classifieds Press-Telegram (Long Beach, California) Sept. 15, 1972. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
smog v.— «When the car was smogged (in California), it showed no carbon monoxide and 65 parts per million in raw gas.» —“Noisy Honda has him puzzled” by Bob Hagin San Diego Union-Tribune (California) Aug...