shut up and color v. phr.— «Strike while the irony is hot, or shut up and color your balloons.» —“The Ballons Nodule” by Richard Mitchll The Underground Grammarian (Glassboro, New Jersey) Dec., 1980...
shut up and color v. phr.— «Despite the fact that Julia qualified as an “exceptional family member,” the Air Force isn’t budging on her father’s retirement request, which he submitted last month. They want him to report to the...
liar’s loan n.— «You rarely hear anything about individual borrowers who tell little white lies, the ones who obtain so-called “liar loans,” but they’re just as prevalent, if not more so. A young New Jersey couple, “the...
bandwidth rape n.— «Turner also saw his computer server suddenly flooded with Internet data traffic at about 100 times the normal rate—a major concern, because he is billed for all data that flows into and out of the server. In what’s...
200-mile-an-hour tape n.— «However, there’s even a better than best (though some might protest that characterization) known as the “nuclear grade,” which is used at reactors and a “200 mile an hour” tape made by...
pishing n.— «Sensing that time is fleeting, Kantrowitz tries a technique known as “pishing.” This annoying whispery sound not only seems to attract birds but also reinforces the common belief that birders are, shall we say...