lack the grapes v. phr.— «A similar thread came up on the O’Reilly Mac Blogger’s internal mailing list—writers fed up with endless snarking and small-minded mean-ness from readers lacking the grapes even to use their real names...
mail shot n.— «Supposing that I decided to rent the mailing lists of other people and send those potential customers a letter (usually referred to as a ‘mail shot’), I might reasonably get between 1% and 2% of those people to buy from me...
skiamorph n.— «A skiamorph is a word whose origin is at odds with the current form of the origin. For example, no one *dials* a phone anymore; *black*boards are usually green.» —“Pictographs” by Joe Clark Media Access...
mail it in v. phr.— «Actors often go through the motions, mouthing the dialogue in a natural way and simply following the blocking.…This kind of acting is often referred to as “mailing it in” or “walking through it...
mail it in v. phr.— «It didn’t take long to figure out that she was mailing it in, and hadn’t lifted a finger to do research for quite some time.» —by Andy Kessler Wall Street Meat Jan. 1, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued...
mail it in v. phr.— «This 8.75 percent return, far preferable to “mailing it in” with a basic savings or CD interest rate, isn’t achieved risk- or heartache-free.» —by David Gardner, Tom Gardner The Motley Fool’s...