India-no-place n.— «Hardly anybody writes odes to Indianapolis. No Sandburg or Gershwin has ever praised the Midwestern city’s hard American beauty. No bustling metropolis, that town; no seething cauldron of culture. Instead, folks...
brown pound n.— «The Shilpa show also highlighted the economic strength of Britain’s Asian community—not only as consumers but also as wealth creators. The strength of what is called the “brown pound” has become more important...
worm n.— «In one-day cricket parlance, the services “worm” in Figure 1, which had till then hugged the industry “worm”, surges up and away after 1996/97.» —“Shankar Acharya: If Growth were Slower…?” by Shankar...
shotgun sequence v. phr.— «In 2004, Banfield collaborated with the Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute to shotgun sequence a drop of the slime. This type of sequencing involves homogenizing the organisms in the sample, isolating...
speed money n.— «Another term widely used at border crossings is “expediting fee.” For a euphemism it is surprisingly accurate: paying it will keep your bags, and perhaps your contraband, from being dumped onto a floor and sifted...
Bombay docks
n.— «Another one is “bombay docks,” used when a girl has bad body odour.» —“The slang bang!” by Reshma Arya DNA (Mumbai, India) Dec. 4, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)