watermark ad n.— «It would be difficult to find a clearer example of the mingling of real news and advertising than the “watermark” ads The Times started offering in late September. Advertising images are printed faintly underneath a full page of...
stiff v.— «There was another single, “Listen To Me” (on which Nash probably participates), a fine commercial record which was (as usual) an English smash and an American stiff.…A slow-paced single called “The Baby” was released in March of this...
suck out v. phr.— «Frymer also had a distinction that he never experienced before at the World Series: He was the one who knocked out someone head-to-head, or as he called it, “sucked out” the opponent. “In the early rounds, whenever anyone went...
dwell time n.— «They also emphasised there was a distinction between “dwell time,” which is defined as the time between the wheels stopping and moving again, and “boarding time,” which is defined as the time during which people were passing through...
block n.— «Judy Hines holds the distinction of being one of Denver’s longest working prostitutes. “I started when I was 15, in 1974, working out of an apartment building behind Colfax and Pearl,” said the 46-year-old Hines. “It was easy money. When...
hog-dogging n. 1. a (blood) sport in which trained dogs corner (wild) pigs; 2. showing off; hot-dogging. Editorial Note: Though both are often called hog-dogging, some participants make a distinction between hog-baying, in which the dogs are only...