house n.— «He also has become less interested in “getting a little house,” a term for attention-getting, applause-generating devices musicians use, such as playing a passage at super speed or holding a high note for a long...
red dot n.— «Gesturing across the wood-paneled office, he points to a relief map of Indonesia and the surrounding region mounted on the far wall. “It’s OK with me, but there are 211 million people (in Indonesia),” he says...
blast n.— «The “blast” services disrupted that process, much like “a whole bunch of people coming up and interrupting a conversation,” he said.…McKinney cited AIMS Computer Systems of Knoxville as a key...
cray-cray adj.— «While shredding like cray-cray on the Red Buffalo and Centennial runs, I began to note how boarding was quite different from skiing.» —“Trading a pair of skis for a board” by Ian Cropp Vail...
quillow n.— «A darling gal named Bertie sent Bill and me our own personal QUILLOWS. In her note she explained that some people call them “magic pillows” because they look like PILLOWS, but they open to become QUILTS that you...
pharming n.— «Human/animal hybrids, called chimeras, already exist. Promoters of this research note that inserting human DNA into animals could result in great human good. For example, human proteins could be obtained from the milk of...