eveninger n.— «Here is what the Eveninger Madrid’s correspondent reports of the gloomy last night of Monte Carlo.» —“Germans Dry Up A Golden Oasis in Monte Carlo” by AP in Madrid, Spain Chicago Daily Tribune Mar. 5, 1944. (source: Double-Tongued...
mahoff n.— «Hollywood mahoffs and celebs, those very people who make fun of the event, have helped transform the Golden Globes ceremony (to be broadcast live at 8 tonight on CTV), into what more than one studio honcho calls “the second-most...
gazump v.— «It’s called “gazumping” in England, the process by which someone selling a piece of property accepts an offer from one buyer, maybe even going so far as to shake hands on it, then quickly—and often surreptitiously—accepts another...