Busharraf n.— «Polls showed Musharraf’s popularity was in free fall at 15 per cent. Some 64 per cent of Pakistanis said they viewed the president’s backers in Washington as “the single biggest threat” to the nation. And people...
movietisment n.— «Combs, who produced and stars in a three minute version of the commercial, refused to edit the video and instead released it online.…The so-called “movietisment” details Combs’ encounter with a...
complete knockdown n.— «Still, said J.D. Powers’ Dunne, Chinese carmakers might not encounter the same challenges penetrating the U.S. market from Tijuana that Honda and Toyota did in the 1980s when they had no local supplier base. These...
bins n.pl.— «This chance encounter brought birds to his attention, the scales fell from his eyes, and he began to take notice of them, and the peculiar, underground fraternity (and sorority) who stalk them with bins (birding shorthand for...
pass-by meeting n.— «“The exchange, such as it was, was limited and was on Iraq…. It was a pass-by meeting,” he told Reuters, using the term for a brief informal encounter.» —“Senior U.S., Iranian officials meet at Iraq...
revolving bastard n.— «I have had a fine encounter with Pappy Selznick. I wrote you about the requirement that I send publicity to Birdwell. Well, Birdwell is the revolving bastard if there ever was one. (The Revolving Bastard, in case...