roll up n.— «An Owasso mother is filing a child abuse complaint against her son’s school after administrators told her that her 7-year-old autistic son was restrained at school for an unknown period of time. According to the police...
tamarind season n.— «For merchants, this is what is known as the “tamarind season”…the slow season which sees a sharp decline in consumer spending. This period calls for much creativity among retailers to woo customers and...
stack n.— «“With the new 60-plus, I thought maybe drugs wouldn’t be a big part, but it was worse than last year,” said Heffner, who was drug-tested Aug. 5 during the 2006 Canadian World Qualifier in Toronto. He said he had his eyes...
NRI n.— «A non-resident Indian (N.R.I.) is an Indian citizen who has migrated to another country for various reasons. For tax and other official purposes, the government considers any Indian national who is away from India for a period of...
belly button n.— «We’re putting a 10-day time period on any changes we want from the time—the ambassador wants to reallocate money, put it toward a project. The turn-around for our entire bureacracy is 10 days. I’m the belly button in...
mug it v. phr.— «La Russa knew it would have haunted him the rest of his life if the Cardinals, in his colorful euphemism, “mugged it.” “It was just concern we were going to be part of history in the worst kind of...