tacking n.— «Keslo said he agreed with Mortimer to hire McNeilly to the $2,400 per year position on a part-time, on-call basis for the purpose of keeping McNeilly in the state’s pension system. Creating a low-paying position for the...
coastie n.— «Drawing outside attention to the campus Coastie phenomenon, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel printed Megan Twohey ’s article, The Great ‘Coastie Divide ” in Nov. 2005. Twohey never mentioned that it was once more common on our...
Joey n.— «A Joey is a person who dresses all wrong for snowboarding. He’s probably from New Jersey, these baggie-clothed mountain boys guess. One of a Joey’s worst sins is wearing his jacket open, so it flaps as he comes down the mountain...
phoneslaughter n.— «Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and the District of Columbia have banned the use of handheld cell phones across their entire jurisdictions. Illinois, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Ohio and Pennsylvania allow...
freeway blog n.— «As dissent over the war in Iraq and the Bush presidency grows, illicit “freeway blogs” are sprouting daily on major freeways from California to New Jersey.» —“Sign of the times: dissent on America’s...
refi n.— «“It’s refi-mania,” says Felix Beck, chairman of Margaretten & Co., a New Jersey-based mortgage banker.» —“Mortgage-Hunting? Be Ready For Delays and Waiting Lists” by Robert Guenther Wall Street...