hole in the doughnut n.— «Like prospectors in what they hope will be a modern-day California Gold Rush, Hollywood’s studios and TV networks are dabbling in online downloads, mobile phone programming and other new on-demand distribution...
press corpse n.— «The rest of the White House “press corpse” sits back while Scott McClellan is allowed to stonewall with his favorite new phrase, “There is a serious investigation going on so we can’t comment further...
get up v. phr.— «It is this desire to get known, or “get up” all over town to become “all city” that motivates tagging, which is probably the most visible form of graffiti in the city of Grand Rapids...
ringtone DJ n.— «With the advent of software such as Ringtone Media Studio, custom mixing of ringtones has become so popular that the term “Ringtone DJ” has been coined.» —“Ringtone Creation Software—Creating Raves or Waves...
urst n.— «Most TV shows, after all, try to string out the sexual tension as long as possible. There’s even a term for this, “urst,” as in lust plus unfulfilled urges.» —“Anatomy of a TV sensation” by Virginia...
splog n.— «A splog is a spam blog—that is, a fake blog that is created for the sole purpose of getting a high search engine “page rank” to reap profits through ad clicks, or to drive customers to an otherwise obscure e...