Kathy in Beaumont, Pennsylvania, is a college instructor whose son is dating someone who is non-binary. Kathy’s eager to be supportive, but still struggles with using their preferred pronouns in a way that feels second-nature. Using language in an...
swillathon n.— «Lobbyists split, stack and otherwise run rings around rules on bacchanal expense reporting; there are “group” events exempt from disclosure and there are free trips to supposed business conferences in romantic cities, etc., where...
caddilac v.— «What a good well. We’re sitting there, cadillacing at 8 million a day and they are going to co-mingle on upper zone. And we really don’t know what that upper zone is capable of doing, but if its 50% of what the lower one is doing...
top hat plan n.— «Supplemental executive retirement plans (SERPs), or “top hat” plans as they are often referred to, were created decades ago to get around a government cap in pension payouts that affects managers earning more than $100,000 per...
bluebird n.— «The pre-tax number was—well, depending on how you slice it, the pre-tax number was 8 or 9, and I would say that, you know, on a non, kind of a bluebird basis, that number is probably closer to 5.» —“Q4 2005 PolyOne Corporation...
hair on it v. phr.— «This is the one sector where cap rates seem to be all over the place, in terms of—if it’s leased through, it’s no expression near-term, you have a great price, and if this there’s any hair on it, heavily discount it...
