paper airplane n.— «Airbus so far has failed to win over British Airways, a loyal Boeing customer. BA declined to place an order for A-320s two years ago, saying it didn’t want to order a “paper” airplane.» —“Airbus...
paper airplane n.— «The much-touted Boeing 7E7 Dreamliner is still just a paper airplane, but that’s likely to change soon.» —“Boeing officials report solid base of commitments to launch 7E7 Dreamliner” by Bob...
paper airplane n.— «The world’s first hypersonic air-breathing free-flight vehicle is no longer just a paper airplane.» —“X-43 hypersonic flight research vehicle delivered” M2 Presswire Nov. 8, 1999. (source: Double...
paper airplane n.— «So far, it’s only a paper airplane. But the Airbus A3XX has already generated a war of words commensurate with its size on both sides of the Atlantic between Boeing and its archrival.» —“Boeing, Airbus Battling...
paper airplane n.— «Aviation has a long history of what people call “paper airplanes”—some guy comes along who’s going to build a new plane that goes 1,000 miles an hour and only costs $200 to fly, and he raises money and is...
digital dust n.— «In a 2003 privacy paper sponsored by ID World Magazine, Mr. Krull first coined the term “digital dust” to describe the thousands of transactions residents of developed countries initiate each month in...