I-reporter n.— «A steam pipe explosion during Midtown Manhattan’s rush hour Wednesday shattered New Yorkers’ nerves. Moments after the blast, I-Reporters sent photos and video showing a huge steam plume rising into the air...
sparticle n.— «Among the many possibilities proposed for what’s often called “new physics” is that the universe actually consists of tiny strands (or strings) of energy; that it contains several dimensions beyond those that we perceive;...
candy-bar phone n.— «“If I could just pick your brain: What do you think of the candy-bar style?” Mermelstein asked. “I have nothing against the candy-bar phones,” Mossberg said. There are three types of phones—flip and slide phones...
spit take n.— «The seventh annual weekend festival, which opens tomorrow night and comprises more than 50 events, will include an encore interview of Jon Stewart by New Yorker Editor David Remnick to benefit the U.S.O. When he signed up...
hunnert-mile-an-hour tape n.— «The holes they have in them are adequately held together by duct tape, or as we used to call it on the Colorado river, “hunnert-mile-an-hour tape.” And if you run across noisy, obnoxious New...
five-thousand-mile screwdriver n.— «When people say, ‘You screwed up the postwar plan,’ what people don’t understand is that we had all kinds of plans. But when Bremer”—Paul Bremer, who was appointed by President Bush to oversee the...