take a haircut v. phr.— «The intent of such sessions is to identify what creditors will settle for. “But there was no goal seeking,…other than that everyone wanted 100 cents on the dollar. I think that nobody wanted to accept...
flap and zap v. phr.— «Chiron Vision has selected seven ophthalmic surgeons to study laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK), also known as “flap and zap,” for the correction of myopia. The intent of the study is to...
nooblet n.— «I was a young nooblet and probably should have let it slide but instead I snuck into her office and opened up her Macintosh’s word editing software with the intent of some lil’ bastardry. I found the option to replace a...
broken glass Republican n.— «Polls show New York voters are not incensed by the thought of Clinton running for president two years into a second Senate term, but the notion still enrages so-called “broken glass” Republicans...
hot adj.— «He said he had seen fellow soldiers in recent months who seemed intent on failing drug tests because they believed they would be held back if only their tests “came back hot,” while others claimed bad backs and...
fourth point of contact n.— «If I have a choice between supporting a whoosy, Republican intent on pressing for enforcement of unconstitutional bad law or a blue dog Democrat who is a 2nd Amendment absolutist, the collaborating Republican...