Do Buy n.— «Persian Gulf cities, such as Dubai, are attractive and have made a name for themselves on the world stage by the record-breaking skyscrapers and state-of-the-art shopping malls leading some to even refer to the city as...
big dry n.— «The “big dry”, as the drought is called here, is likely to cut agricultural output by 20% and GDP by around 0.7%, government officials say.» —“Australia drought is worst in 1,000 years” in Sydney...
vernie n.— «The students, who, if they do manage to make it to higher learning institutions have even been known to face discrimination from private or convent-educated students and are snickeringly referred to as “vernies”...
sky island n.— «As breezes from the Gulf of Mexico lift over the Chiricahua Mountains, an exceptional amount of rain falls on this desert region, which has bee aptly called a “sky island.” The volcanic soil among the rock and...
slab v.— «One problem is lack of evidence. Many homes were, in post-Katrina parlance, “slabbed,” wiped away down to their flat, concrete foundations.» —“The Gulf Coast grapples with insurance suits” by Liam...
bubble-head n.— «For those who served on board the storied Maryland, the one that survived Pearl Harbor and distinguished itself at such legendary venues as the Tarawa atoll, Leyte Gulf and Okinawa, no submarine can take the place of...