boot room n.— «Bill Shankly began it when he became Liverpool manager in 1959. Bob Paisley and Joe Fagan, who went on to win four European Cups between them, spent long hours during their formative coaching years under Shankly discussing...
rocking chair job n.— «Most people seem to think the American League manager has a rocking chair job. That’s ridiculous. A manager always has to make a decision on his pitcher.» —“Meanwhile…A’s Wait Pitchers get in their cuts...
staledate v.— «The general manager should…realize cash wherever possible for all stale-dated and other checks.» —“Mineral County Grand Jury Files Investigation Report” in Hawthorne Reno Evening...
tiger kidnap n.— «In western Europe the threat is more from “tiger” kidnaps, in which, for example, the wife of a bank manager is held hostage to force him to open the safe.» —“On the trail of the...
metric buttload n.— «“It was embarrassing for some customers to see a naked woman on the cover wrapped in a talis [prayer shawl], and you can see her nipple really clearly,” says Alle Hall, marketing manager of Seattle’s Tree of...
gronk n.— «In Australia the term “gronk” was originally used to describe prison innmates. Now the term is used to describe wannabe mamas boy thugs, derrelicts and general idiocy in people. Anyway I was at the gym which I have...