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...
planemo n.— «We find two of our objects to be planemos; though the faintest of our targets, they are much brighter than expected for such low masses.» —by Jacques Lépine, Jane Gregorio-Hetem Open Issues in Local Star...
breakfast ball n.— «The practice, which is also referred to as a “breakfast ball” when used during early morning rounds, is against the rules and draws a penalty if used in competitive play.» —“Winged Foot, U.S. Open Golf...