hoe-chucker n.— «The Vancouver parks board received two log-loaders yesterday from Finning Canada and Caterpillar to aid in Stanley Park’s restoration. The half-million-dollar machines, commonly called hoe chuckers, are used to play a log...
God’s number n.— «But perhaps the most difficult challenge in cubing, and the one that has attracted the interest of Northeastern University researchers, is the attempt to determine the minimum number of moves it would take to solve the...
CEO n.— «This would constitute the bare minimum of attendance required to be considered a “practicing” Catholic. Were Catholicism hold’em poker, the holy days of obligation could be considered the big blind. My wife, Judy, and...
pay-for n.— «Democrats—do Democrats oppose the policies reflected in the tax provisions in the minimum wage bill? If a pay-for could be found, do you have any problem, since this is what—a much smaller tax provision than the vetoed bill...
blue-state tax n.— «Democratic leaders in Congress are vowing to make the alternative minimum tax a centerpiece of next year’s budget debate, saying the levy threatens to unfairly increase tax bills for millions of middle-class families...
meatball surgery n.— «Alternately, you have the style of surgery depicted on M.A.S.H.—the patient comes in all banged up, you zip him open, do the minimum amount of work required to repair the damage, and send him out. All this while...