take someone’s legs off v. phr.— «At home the former professional golfer wants to build a multi-million pound indoor golf facility in the region—a project he tried to develop five years ago only to have his planning application rejected...
memory room n.— «The facility also has what’s called a memory room. It’s a peaceful room, decorated in soothing pastel colors, with comfortable chairs and other seating for meetings. “Sometimes the elderly get agitated,”...
murf n.— «The company wants to build a materials reclamation facility (a “murf,” in waste parlance) that would allow it to mechanically sort and process vast amounts of debris. Then Potomac would mine the landfill’s contents...
narcling n.— «“It’s rough stuff,” said John Donnelly, a lead instructor at the DEA training facility on the sprawling Marine base at Quantico. Donnelly got his start in the late 1980s busting meth labs in California’s Central Valley as a...
virability n.— «Fallon, for example, is launching a microsite today for its Garmin campaign. The site will have an extended 60-second version of the ad, a 2 ½-minute music video based on the ad, lyrics to the music video and the guitar...
Washington Monument n.— «In budgeting parlance, a “Washington Monument” is a popular program or facility singled out for budget cuts precisely because of its popularity. The term seems to have its origins in the U.S. Park...