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 impart a sun...
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 argued that indoor kids are more...
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 each bra...
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 for substantial...
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 what the FBI calls fraud for profit...
chimp v.— «No wedding photographer I know uses histograms or “chimps.” They all use an incident light meter and shoot in RAW mode for later post processing. The also shoot in manual exposure based on the incident light meter.» —“Re: wedding...