Davos Man n.— «Political scientist Samuel Huntington who coined the pejorative term “Davos Man” (referring to participants who he viewed as having a false sense of their international identity), famously dismissed the...
corduroy n.— «For the next seven hours, John “Bish” Neuhauser and eight swing-shift co-workers chugged up and down assigned areas of this expansive Park City-area resort in snowcats. They pushed snow around and combed it into...
cross-roughing n.— «The decision on who joins the high-profile partnership “club” is made by the bank’s senior management team, led by Mr Blankfein and co-presidents Gary Cohn and Jon Winkelried, through extensive discussions until a...
gun time n.— «A similar issue arose at the Chicago Marathon two weeks ago, when Wesley Korir of Kenya finished fourth, despite starting five minutes after the elite runners. Like O’Connell, his time was clear because of the electronic...
air breather n.— «Hundreds of American support personnel members on the ground in Colombia complemented these elite forces, in addition to a frenzied intelligence-gathering operation located in the United States Embassy here, drawing on...
Velvet Mafia n. an elite group of homosexuals. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)