spokesweasel n.— «Day to day, spokespeople also never know when they’re going to be besmirched. Jim Suydam, who speaks for Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, had a newspaper dub him “spokesweasel.”» —“Flacks talk talk...
kamikaze tourist n.— «Although fellow visitors to Baghdad or Kabul dub them the “Kamikaze tourists,” the Japanese media has come up with a more sophisticated term: heiwa boke—meaning “senility from peace...
American tsunami n.— «The breadth of the destruction has caused some commentators to dub it the “American tsunami” because of its resemblance to the terrible havoc of last year’s disaster in Asia.» —“Law and Order...
rink soccer n.— «Rink soccer/futbol rapido employs a standard soccer ball. And the game takes place inside a hockey rink, which gives the sport an identity all its own.…Some dub it “sockey,” a blend of soccer and...
sockey n.— «Rink soccer/futbol rapido employs a standard soccer ball. And the game takes place inside a hockey rink, which gives the sport an identity all its own.…Some dub it “sockey,” a blend of soccer and hockey...
smart bomb n.— «Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston have developed a method of delivering chemotherapy to the cancer cells, while leaving healthy cells undamaged. They dub the device the “smart...