break n.— «Have the length of the pants altered. Most guys walk around with their pants too baggy, or as they say in the tailoring biz, with too much “break.”» —“9 tips for choosing a great men’s suit” MSNBC.com May 1, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued...
man candy n.— «I noticed that on the TODAY show, you started referring to good-looking male guests—John Mayer, John Stamos or Hugh Jackman—you’ve started referring to them as man candy. What does it take to qualify as man candy? And you can be...
PQ v.— «We still didn’t know if we’d get clearance as we walked towards check-in with 90 minutes to departure. That’s when we got calls on our cell phones: We’d just been “PQ’d”—bureaucratese for physically qualified.» —“Antarctica’s clout comes...
shoot-off rodeo n.— «Last year, the Army planned to test competing RPG defense systems in what officials refer to as a “shoot-off rodeo.”» —“Did the Army favor Raytheon in anti-RPG bid?” by Adam Ciralsky in Washington, D.C. MSNBC Sept. 6, 2006...
bed bug n.— «At night, when the residents aren’t wearing their badges, they can still be monitored. Sensors attached to the bed sound an alarm if they get up. It’s fondly called the bed bug.» —“Keeping tabs while keeping care” by Jennifer...
inflammageing n.— «Claudio Franceschi of the University of Bologna, who studies people who live beyond the age of 100, coined the term “inflammageing.” “There is a strong inflammatory element in all the major diseases of ageing,” he said. “The body...
