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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
dollar-a-year man n.— «Before his death in 1955, the Pictou-born man was one of the country’s top corporate lawyers, known for driving around the streets of Halifax in the city’s first Rolls-Royce limousine. During the Second World War...