meter n.— «“Thirty meters. Take it or leave it!” said a vendor who gave his name only as Ephraim. In street parlance, a million Zimbabwe dollars is a meter.» —“Impoverished Mozambique becomes new shopping destination for...
megaversity n.— «When individuals leave a school, for whatever reasons, and especially when they leave a small place like our College where we know each other far better than would be the case at large, sterile places like the huge...
fish fog n.— «Medical researchers are just beginning to explore such mercury exposure in adults, which can leave some people struggling through life in a disorienting “fish fog.”» —“Power plants are focus of drive to cut...
thrownaway n.—Gloss: a child who has been forced to leave home by a guardian or parent. «A federal study found that 45 percent of missing kids were either runaways or “thrownaways,” a term for kids kicked out of their homes by...
asshole footprint n.— «Regrettably, some Americans are simply not aware of how large an asshole footprint they leave on the planet.» —“Know Your Asshole Footprint” Vanity Fair Oct., 2007. (source: Double-Tongued...
BONCOB n.— «As those pseudo-silk purses now unravel, a new acronym has joined the financial argot: BONCOB, pronounced Bon-cob, according to debt traders. Translation (have the children leave the room now): “Bugger off, no chance of...