pay to sway v.— «Three “journalists” who by their actions have birthed a new phrase, “pay to sway.” (For the record, Maggie? Yes, you did violate journalistic ethics. Not for nothing is journalism called the Fourth Estate, a term that’s British in...
cookie n.— «During surveillance, Keating was seen carrying a beige bag which was found to be filled with almost a kilogram of cakes of crack cocaine, commonly called cookies.…The operators used dozens of coffee pots to cook the cocaine with baking...
sheisty adj.— «Their travails, the baby-mama drama, the “sheisty” record execs, the violence that comes closer than most of us will ever experience, are all documented in “Westside”.» —“Outsider’s View Of Hip-Hop” by Andrea Comer Hartford...
rat n.— «State officials who are seeking to find pork-filled amendments say they are currently on “rat patrol.” Legislators sometimes disagree whether a bill is a rat or simply represents an effort to help someone who has been genuinely wronged by...
rat n.— «A rat, in the parlance of Connecticut state legislators, is a bill or an amendment slipped in quietly to favor a friend or a special interest. Two Hartford City Council members recently schemed to sneak through a rat. They had the audacity...
rat n.— «The measure was a “rat,” which, in legislative parlance, is a favor-bestowing amendment that supporters sneak through when (wink, wink, nod, nod) no one is looking.» —“Legislative Stalling Becomes A Matter Of Degrees” by Michele...
