verbal gratuity n.— «What do all servers fear? It’s the dreaded “verbal gratuity,” by which customers hope to balance a lousy tip with effusive praise.» —“Here’s taste of often unsavory business of waiting...
one-drinking n.— «One-drinking: In bar parlance, one-drinking refers to a group that turns one trip into 10 for a server by requesting items one at a time.» —“Here’s taste of often unsavory business of waiting tables” by...
phoenix transaction n.— «ASIC will target directors who bleed companies dry before moving on to a separate company. He said the practice, called “phoenix transactions,” was found among small and medium-sized companies but not...
dirka dirka interj.— «“We have a lot of minorities in our band. These dudes are Arabs,” Villa adds, gesturing to Eljof and Kalla, who immediately high-five each other while yelling “dirka dirka” in Team America style...
uprate n.— «he country’s most powerful nuclear plant, Palo Verde west of Phoenix, will soon grow more powerful, joining dozens of other nuclear plants whose upgrades are adding the equivalent of up to five new reactors across the nation...
Nanhatten Project n.— «Although Phoenix sketched out some design ideas for a desktop nanofactory in his report, he acknowledges that—short of a big-budget “Nanhatten Project,” as he calls it—a working nanofactory is at least a...