umbraphile n.— «Many dedicated eclipse watchers—sometimes referred to as “umbraphiles”—will literally chase total solar eclipses around the globe.» —“Your guide to the total solar eclipse” by Joe Rao MSNBC Mar. 24, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued...
elevens n.pl.— «Vicki Roy was about to get married and didn’t like the creases between her eyebrows—the “elevens,” as she calls them—that appeared whenever she squinted or frowned.» —“Young and using Botox to stay that way” by Jane Weaver MSNBC Nov...
dog n.— «Exercise rider Emanuel Davy never asked her for anything during the work, conducted around a triple set of orange traffic cones, commonly referred to as dogs.» —“Badge of Silver debuts for Frankel” by David Grening in Elmont, N.Y MSNBC Oct...
lily pad n.— «Among the places the military already has placed or hopes to base such new “lily pads” or jumping off points: the eastern European nations of Bulgaria and Romania; a pier in Singapore; and a tiny island off the oil-rich coast of West...
bundler n.— «Those fundraisers who raised at least $100,000 for the campaign were given the title “vice chairs.”…The Kerry campaign has periodically released the names and home towns of these vice chairs, also known as “bundlers.”» —“Redefining...
backpacker n.— «There are a lot of places that we still didn’t get to in the video—Arkansas, Kentucky. And there is a big “backpacker” (or alternative) hip-hop scene that we didn’t get to. But that doesn’t take away from this video. It says exactly...