firsty n.— «This is the semester for Branch Night, when firsties—West Point parlance for seniors—choose the area of the army they will join the day after graduation as commissioned officers.» —“Life at Army requires...
boo word n.— «Whatever their politics may be, the students interviewed were not—by their own perceptions—“liberals.” The world [sic] “liberal” has for them become, to use the jargon, a “boo” word, even a term of...
step-thru n.— «The company plans to produce 1.2 lakh vehicles comprising only “step-thrus” (a cross between mopeds and motorcycles) or “bebeks” as they are called in the Indonesian market and capture a 5% share by...
baked in adj.— «The key reason for the foreign inflow, says Chilton Thomson, a director of American Express Asset Management in London, is that “a good deal of the profit is already baked in the cake.”» —“American Bulls...
compo n.— «Astonishing as it seems, it is not the victims of crime who are benefiting from this particular compensation bonanza, but the criminals themselves. It’s the ones who are behind bars, not the ones outside trying to rebuild...
granny snatching n.— «As Americans live longer and become more mobile, guardianship struggles that entangle old folks in multiple state jurisdictions are becoming more common. There’s even a term coined to describe unseemly tussles:...