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windsled

windsled  n.— «For residents of this remote village on an ice-locked island off the tip of mainland Wisconsin, the gliding boatmobile, known here as a windsled, is a kind of school bus.…The 9,000-pound vehicle, propelled by its twin...

speed bump

speed bump  n.— «So he began looking down a series of alleys perpendicular to a main road. Turning down one of them, his driver struck a roadway bomb, the kind soldiers call “speed bumps” or “stop-and drop” bombs because they’re laid down...

stop-and-drop bomb

stop-and-drop bomb  n.— «So he began looking down a series of alleys perpendicular to a main road. Turning down one of them, his driver struck a roadway bomb, the kind soldiers call “speed bumps” or “stop-and drop” bombs because they’re...

taxi queen

taxi queen  n.— «Teenage girls are being used by unscrupulous taxi operators in Chatsworth as “scouts” to identify potential robbery targets. The girls—many of whom are addicted to drugs—are planted in taxis to identify passengers carrying...

brainbump

brainbump  n.— «Other exam answer keys are available for everything from school bus driver to medical technician, and for a range of military skills. The sites are called “brainbumps” in Internet jargon.» —“Web sites offer...

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