trampoline effect n.— «Wood bat advocates are concerned that balls hit off metal bats are subject to what is known as a trampoline effect: When a ball hits a wooden bat, the ball compresses at the instant of impact and loses much of its...
meat tag n.— «A few blocks down Lejeune Boulevard, Josef McDonald’s tattoo parlor had one customer. The business slowdown followed a flurry earlier in the week from departing Marines wanting “meat tags”—tattoos of their names...
woolly-booger n.— «Smithson, also a retired state trooper, called Roan’s amendment a “woolly-booger,” a colloquial term for last-minute language inserted in a bill that has far-reaching impact. “He’s a very sharp House member...
ripple-down effect n.— «Direct impact is based upon film-related jobs for everyone from electricians and carpenters, animal trainers and helicopter pilots to homeowners, caterers and restaurateurs. What’s called the “ripple-down effect”...
pig in the pipe n.— «The economic impact of this glut of postwar children is familiar to those in the City, who refer to it as the “pig in the pipe”—the visible signs of the baby boomers charging through the decades...
sandbagging n.— «“Cars that catch fire,” he says, “will be allowed to continue at the officials’ discretion. Rollovers are okay. Now go out there and make good hits. No love taps, and no sandbagging.” What Todd calls...