skylab n.— «The four were on board a skylab motorcycle when two vehicles, reportedly a red and white Tamarraw FX, blocked them somewhere in Maco,» —by World Organisation Against Torture Compilation of Urgent Appeals, Open...
blue-slipping n.— «I knew that judicial nominees could be blocked by a senator from their home state (a procedure called blue-slipping), but I had no idea a bill could be blocked from a floor vote by an anonymous hold.» —“Open...
hypermile v.— «Hyper fuel economy driving can be considered in a similar fashion.…The best hyper mileage Insight drivers do not use the WOT (Wide Open Throttle) in First, Second, and Fifth gear fast start.…hile test driving a...
tiger striping n.— «Open a woman’s magazine and look at how many ads there are for creams to remove not “very lovely tiger striping” but “unsightly stretch marks.” We are NEVER told that stretch marks are...
Canadian binding n.— «It was initially a spiral-bound paperback, but when consumers could not easily find it on bookstore shelves, Firefly worked with its printer, Friesen’s, to wrap a spine around the wire-o binding. Now known as...
grow teeth v. phr.— «Mickelson taps in for par on the 9th to finish the front nine on -3. Meanwhile on the 11th, John Daly puts his considerable weight behind an effort to slash out of knee-high rough. It’s a great effort, but...