wet reckless adj.— «Blood tests after her traffic stop Sept. 27 found prescription drugs, but neither booze nor dope. So she was allowed to plead “no contest” to what’s known in California as “wet reckless”—that is, reckless driving with booze or...
We’re continuing our look at some of the words of the year of 2008 with words related to automobiles.
If someone’s driving you bonkers, you’d be forgiven for grumbling, “He’s such a pill!” But why a pill? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Such a Pill” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hi, this is Erica from San Diego. Well, hello...
gapping n.— «The practice is called “gapping.” It’s when colleges offer students financial aid packages beneath what they need to attend—often driving them to other revenue sources like a private loan or, if they’re lucky, a check from grandma.» —“...
short-kiting n.— «Naked short sellers do not have to borrow the stock. Thanks to smart lobbying by certain hedge funds, the rules have been subtly bent to say that “a broker dealer must have reasonable grounds to believe that the security can be...
start and park n.— «Lewandoski did exactly what the team he was driving for, Fitz Motorsports, asked him to do: Start the race and bring the car in after a few laps. In NASCAR parlance it’s called a start and park. Get a car in the field, take the...