dreadmill n.— «Many runners refer to it as the “dreadmill” because of the boredom factor.» —“Treadmill kills excuses for not running” by Bernice Torregrossa Daily News (Galveston, Texas) Nov. 26, 2005...
stiffs n.pl.— «Having the threat of being forced to play “in the stiffs” “with the B-Team,” or “with the scrubs,” pick your pejorative, is surely a powerful motivating factor for any modern athlete...
A factor n.— «They judged the participants not only for their singing talent but also their attitude or the “A” factor as it is called.» —“Telly Chakkar: Zee’s ‘Antakshari’ checks for the ‘A’...
Nigerian factor n.— «The elders have held on to what is the Nigerian factor. Nigerian factor is another word for incompetence, inefficiency, ineffectiveness.» —“People of My Generation Spoilt Nigeria” by Godwin Alabi...
intellijeune n.— «Intellijeune is a term coined by the frequent traveller Dr. Otto Weizman. It is compounded from the English (or French) word intelligent and the French word jeune, meaning youth or literally young person. The...
off-peopling n.— «The misused remedies all involve “off-peopling,” a term coined by Samson. Off-peopling, like offshoring, reduces human costs, but does so by squeezing out the human factor entirely, mostly through progressive...