cherry stemmed v.— «Mr. Dodson said the plan “cherry stemmed’” many wildnerness areas, drawing boundaries along existing roads so that it is possible to penetrate close to the center.» —“Military and Preservationists...
colonia n.— «The counties of South Texas are among the nation’s poorest, and their jumbled subdivisions, known as colonias, home to 400,000 Hispanic-Americans, can certainly look the part. Since the 1950s, developers have carved small...
redshift v.— «In combination, these three sources will produce an exponential leap in demand for computing—Papadopoulos calls it the “Redshift”—that will far outstrip the increase in supply produced by Moore’s Law alone. In...
futurescoping n.— «The commission warned if Nottingham is to be a significant European city in the coming decades it must start planning now. The process, known to some as “futurescoping” has begun. Two events have been held...
happy-clappy adj.— «Military alliances are as keen as anyone to cloak themselves in happy-clappy idealism.» —“Fear Holds The Key To The Future Of NATO” by Andrew Marr Independent (London, United Kingdom) Dec...
wooly booger n.— «But Old Man Harden said no, that he wasn’t in the business of sentiment, and that while it was a woolly booger of a call, he had to go with a young hot hand who had a future over an old master in his last bloom...