DYKWIA n.— «“Bill probably gave the cop the old ‘don’t you know who I am’ routine and pissed him/her off.” “I don’t know how ya’ll respond to DYKWIA in California, but in Nashville, nothing will get you nowhere quicker than that phrase.”» —“Re:...
hamster care n.— «Ian Morrison…has coined a phrase. I think it’s going to appear in “Modern Health Care,” actually. He calls it “hamster care,” where people are just churning like mad to keep up with the demand.» —“National Press Club Newsmaker...
brand promise n.— «Alexander notes the “corporate-ese” creeping into the campus lexicon, phrases such as change agent, mission driven and a new one he heard only last week: a school’s “brand promise.”» —“Catch phrases part of universities’ pushes...
time famine n.— «In the institute’s study, a new phrase is referred to what seems to reflect the condition of many working people: It’s “time famine.” The research shows that “67 percent of employed parents say they don’t have enough time with...
SWMBO n.— «SWMBO. It’s pronounced “swimbo.” While we might be able to take credit for the initialism and pronunciation, the phrase is actually a phrase Idj first heard and read in the John Mortimer series “Rumpole of the Bailey.” In it, Rumpole...
four percenter n.— «Referring to the police colloquialism of “four percenters,” the relatively small number of well-known offenders responsible for the preponderance of downtown crime, Judge Baird Ellan said that the phrase can now be amended to...