bounce box n.— «The couple also has another method of replenishing—what they call a bounce box. “You bounce it from town to town and go through its contents. If you need shampoo or nail clippers, you use it, then send it to the next town you’re...
turn someone over v. phr.— «Too public, it seems. The Mail on Sunday, in Fleet Street parlance, turned him over. Treating him like an errant soap star over two pages, it sunk its fangs into the English divorcee, highlighting his glamorous Jamaican...
nail house n.— «A small shack, primitively built, on the corner of a road in Shanghai, surrounded by high-rise development. Owned by a strong old woman, patronized by night-time drivers. update: ding zi hu (lit. “nail house”): person or household...
roofing square n.— «“I’m at the point where I need to stay in shape to maintain a certain output, workwise,” said Mr. Entrekin, 51. “When I was in my prime, I could nail 14 squares a day. Now I’m happy with 6.” (One roofing square is equal to 100...
ten-bagger n.— «Lynch candidly eschews the Graham-Dodd-Buffett approach, instead aiming to nail a “ten-bagger” as often as possible, so he is willing to take a flier on the next Dunkin’ Donuts in the hope that his tenfold win will offset three...
squoval adj.— «They call it the “squoval” and it’s the most-requested new look in fingernails.…Squoval is the latest jargon for a squared-off nail whose corners are slightly rounded and whose tip extends just to end of the finger.» —“Directory” Los...