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Hadjimart

Hadjimart  n.— «A “Hadjimart” is a roadside kiosk; a “Hadjimobile” is a minibus.» —“Name game” by Charles Clover, Peter Spiegel Financial Times (U.K. ) Dec. 22, 2003. (source: Double...

door buster

door buster  n.— «Retailers such as Wal-Mart and Sears, Roebuck opened at 6am yesterday to promote their “early bird” specials, also known as “door-buster” sales.» —“Stores open doors to bargain...

GUBU

GUBU  adj.— «Sometimes labelled the “GUBU” Government, for “grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre, unprecedented” after words Mr Haughey himself used about one incident, the events were remarkable by any standard...

jointery

jointery  n.— «Under the new principle—referred by the ugly new word “jointery’—there is to be a tri-service hospital and a tri-service staff college. Joint arrangements will be promoted in areas such as flying instruction, music...

QSQT

QSQT  n.— «“After the economic reforms, the com[p]etition is far greater, and like the west, there is pressure for every quarter’s results…” “The QSQT phenomena as they call it, quarter se, quarter tak.”...

quarter se, quarter tak

quarter se, quarter tak  n.— «“After the economic reforms, the com[p]etition is far greater, and like the west, there is pressure for every quarter’s results…” “The QSQT phenomena as they call it, quarter se, quarter tak...

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