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beaned up

beaned up  adj.— «There’s an old joke in baseball that players hate rain delays even more than fans do because postponing the first-pitch time makes it hard for them to judge exactly when to take their “beans.” Also known as...

beans

beans  n.pl.— «There’s an old joke in baseball that players hate rain delays even more than fans do because postponing the first-pitch time makes it hard for them to judge exactly when to take their “beans.” Also known as...

monstering

monstering  n.— «More alarming, however, was Cullen’s criticism of Reed’s treatment by some of the more excitable elements of the newspaper business. There’s no doubt the judge suffered, in tabloid parlance, a bit of “monstering...

shoulder peak

shoulder peak  n.— «The show aired at 5pm on a Wednesday, a daytime slot called “shoulder peak” in TV jargon.» —“Never judge a book by its clubbers” by Oliver Bennet Independent (U.K.) June 28...

KVI

KVI  n.— «At the root of the problem is “loss leading.” It works like this. Everyday groceries, such as bread, butter, milk and sugar, are classified as known-value items (KVIs). These are the key purchases whose price shoppers...

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