Tagjargon

unblind

unblind  v.— «Late in September 1981, the Harvard team sent its portion of the AMPIM data to the NIGH in preparation for a group meeting in Bethesda at which the participants would, for the first time, discuss unblinded results...

unblind

unblind  v.— «I know you’re on the research end of things, not economic policy, but if at two years you unblind the study and the drug is having a positive effect, at some point those patients will have to start paying for it themselves...

dual-centric

dual-centric  adj.— «One week a woman might put work over family, and the next, family over work. That’s called “dual-centric,” a term coined by the Families and Work Institute.» —“The new terms for balancing kids and...

mitigate

mitigate  v.— «Continental Airlines employees also bore blame, he said, because they would send bags directly onto the planes if they determined the TSA could not screen every bag for explosives without causing delays. In airport parlance...

wallpaper

wallpaper  n.— «ClearChannel just want’s you to keep the radio on for as long as possible. McDonaldsization makes each station attempt to sound the same always. Thus the stations adopt music that sounds the same as what listeners already...