self-licking ice cream cone n.— «For grateful military leaders, there was merit in reinforcement for its own sake. One senior general compared the existing force to a “self-licking ice cream cone”—so small and weak that it...
belly button n.— «“Belly Button” is the US military code name for the one who makes the decisions. Hence, the phrases, “He can’t find his belly button’”We don’t know the belly button’”There is no belly...
Y2Y n.— «The long-range agenda behind the environmentalist’s effort to move grizzlies into the Selway-Bitterroot ecosystem is a part of a movement to develop a corridor that could link populations of bears all the way from Alaska to the...
victory Monday n.— «The players call them “Victory Mondays.” Holmgren refers to them as “cookies.” By any name, getting the day off after a game is a good thing. Holmgren gave the players Monday off—in addition to...
snackluck n.— «I was encouraged to see so many potluck posts, but I’m wondering—how do you get folks interested in putting out some effort for a potluck, so it doesn’t turn into snackluck (everyone bringing chips or pretzels, with no real...
railbanking n.— «The rail trail movement started as a grassroots effort in the 1960s but really picked up steam with the amendment of the National Trail Systems Act in 1983 to allow a process called “railbanking” to begin...