boot room n.— «Bill Shankly began it when he became Liverpool manager in 1959. Bob Paisley and Joe Fagan, who went on to win four European Cups between them, spent long hours during their formative coaching years under Shankly discussing...
golden share n.— «Governments often retain control of privatized companies by granting themselves “special rights”—also known as “golden shares”—that go beyond the rights associated with normal shareholding...
cheese cutter n.— «This type of barrier is known as a human scale “cheese cutter” and has been identified by the Federation of European Motorcyclists Associations (FEMA) as the worst possible choice from a motorcyclist’s...
stuffer n.— «The European record for a so-called “stuffer’‘, a courier who conceals drugs inside their body, is credited to a trafficker in England who grimly held out for 38 days before giving into the forces of nature. » —“On...
bread job n.— «Fleischhauer is a writer for pleasure and his “bread job” as he calls it, is that of an interpreter for the European Union.» —“The writer and his muse” Newindpress.com (Chennai...
sontag n.— «How describe Susan Sontag? She was essayist, novelist, critic, director, celebrity, feuilletonist in the best/worst European fashion…No one description applies, and no one job category would sum her up; she was kind of...