rocking chair job n.— «I could even welcome just a straight lead for a change, because that’s really a rocking-chair job.» —“In Movie Field, Gene Kelly Proves A Quintuple Threat” by Edwin Schallert Los Angeles...
e-day n.— «She is looking into the possibility of offering an extra Friday program. Coined an E-Day (extra, enhancement or experiment), the course would be offered the Friday that kindergarten students do not have class. Although still in...
rat-racing n.— «She says the experience of “rat-racing around at 150 to 200 knots” in her G-300 is comparable to what she experiences in the SR-71.» —“U.S. Pilots, Planes Travel To ‘Olympics Of The Air’ Aboard Air Force C...
GUBU adj.— «It has been an annus horribilis for the Prime Minister. The combination of an unpopular war in Iraq, which split his cabinet and his party, and the GUBU nature of the David Kelly affair, not to mention the Hutton Inquiry...
skull v.— «Kelly Childs hit his tee shot out of bounds. Later, he hit into a trap and skulled his escape across the green. Two putts gave his a quadruple-bogey eight. “A disaster hole,” said the woman who once wore high-heeled...
fifth stroke n.— «“It helps when you have a good dolphin kick. It’s called undulation. It means you have good wave motion.” That wave motion has carried Kelly to the top of the state leaderboard in just about every stroke. “If...