Colobama n.— «Trotting out the pejorative “Colobama” to describe Colorado’s poor ranking on some quality of life yardstick generally evokes snickers of derision until one realizes that we really are getting the pants beat off...
low-touch adj.— «The company’s approach is so automated that each batch printed of material requires less than 60 seconds of human involvement. The low-touch approach is partly why VistaPrint charges an average of about $40 for an order...
faster-mover n.— «Our advantage was that we owned the air. And our chief weapon was the F-4, a fighter jet that could fly at twice the speed of sound and carry more ordnance than the largest World War II bomber. The boys on the ground...
sink estate n.— «Today, as the dust settles on six years of building works, major changes are apparent. Milton Court has been a proving ground of a potent policy idea—the erasure and re-invention of council-run housing property. The...
bombing n.— «They have no headlights, tail lamps or turn signals. No steering wheels, seat belts or seats. No brakes. Yet they travel at speeds reaching beyond 40 mph on public streets and highways. They’re oversized, low-profile...
fraudband n. low-quality broadband Internet service. Editorial Note: This term is especially common in Australia, although it has been repeatedly recoined throughout the Anglophone world. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)