A Wisconsin man wonders about the use of the term big box store to denote the stores of big retail chains like Wal-Mart. Is big box a reference to the size and shape of the stores, or the fact that they sell huge appliances that come in, well, big...
user anthropologist n.— «He’s also sometimes referred to as a “user anthropologist.” To an outsider, the job can seem decidedly oblique. His mission, broadly defined, is to peer into the lives of other people, accumulating as much...
banana-box grocer n.— «Some reclamation centers then sell these goods to brokers, which hawk them to small salvage stores. The goods are typically contained in boxes that once carried bananas, so these smaller operations are often called...
tuppercare n.— «Desperae to find foster carers? Try having a party, but not just any old party. Oh, no, it’s time for tuppercare, a term inspired by the marketing strategy devised to sell plastic boxes to housewives from the 1940s onwards...
gag and tag v. phr.— «Geico has dodged the “gag and tag” label by keeping its product front and center, despite the show-stealing purveyors of its service. “This is not a case where the theater has overpowered the brand...
bullshot n.— «Faked, enhanced, or otherwise augmented screenshots are commonly called “bullshots.” Their intent is to make a game look more appealing than it actually is, and their occurrence has largely existed since video...
