barbecue summer n.— «After the spring bounce, summer has been a washout for investors. Those of us who were hoping for a barbecue summer on the bourses have been left staring glumly at cloudy skies.» —“After the summer washout, investors’ eyes turn...
windorphin n.— «Windorphins is the latest buzzword in eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) CEO Meg Whitman’s vernacular. It’s the contraction of winning and endorphins, and it’s what the world’s leading online marketplace is hoping to stir up as it improves the...
skid n.— «Rock n roll shirts (GnR and Metallica, i was never a skid, tho a genuine fan….i’d actually wear em out to trendy nightclubs…now everyone’s got a fu%^in motley crue or led zeppelin shirt).» —“You know how people say such and such look is...
smallware n.— «They make accelerated-cooking ovens, pizza conveyor ovens, countertop ovens, and general purpose portable cooking devices that they refer to as smallwares.» —“HGS: Middleby Corp. (MIDD)” by platoish Motley Fool May 22, 2006. (source:...
tired iron n.— «Old airplanes are such a risk that the aviation industry even has a term for them—‘tired iron.” This tired iron should have been retired.» —“Motley Rice LLC Files Suit in Connection with Seaplane Crash” in Mt. Pleasant, S.C...
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 Money After 40 May 25, 2004...
