pap v.— «“The paps,” as the freelance and tabloid snappers are known, are always manoeuvring for the embarrassing disclosure, just as Bennett’s dogging of the mounted monarch was in the hope of photographing her falling off...
fake-a-bake n.— «Myth: Sunless tanning, also known as fake-a-bake, is risk-free. Reality: It is true that using any of a variety of lotions, sprays, gels, creams and powders from the multi-million-dollar sunless-tanning industry can...
nature deficit disorder n.— «The increased activism has been partly inspired by a best-selling book, “Last Child in the Woods,” and its author, Richard Louv. Coining the term “nature deficit disorder,” Louv has...
cutlet n.— «Sometimes women who are between bra sizes find that their bras winkle and gather, causing annoying bra exposure underneath the shirt. To decrease wrinkles, silicone inserts, or cutlets as they are called, can be inserted into...
food shed n.— «Noting that “(t)he premise of this method of adjusting exposure estimates is that varia tion in the pattern of distribution of the commodity across the population does not lead to significant differences in exposure...
liar’s loan n.— «With the advent of “no-doc” and “stated-income” loans—sometimes dubbed the “liar’s loan”—versus full-income disclosure, lenders increasingly face potential exposure to a smorgasbord of...