dish the line v.— «The Colts were the natural challengers to the Patriots, and while they weren’t looking, Pittsburgh dished the line. Urgency replaces nonchalance.» —“Broncos Will Deliver A Shock To The System” by Bernie...
dump cake n.— «A chocolate “dump” cake promises joy in an hour. Also known as a one-bowl cake, the procedure lets you plop all the ingredients into one mixing bowl, give them an unceremonious twirl and scrape the batter into...
geofiltering n.— «The television business has even coined a term for restricting video content to certain geographic areas: “geofiltering.”» —“TV stations build online fences to blunt Web’s effect” by Amy...
blue ice n.— «Stan Walchesky and neighbors on Neupert Road in Jefferson began noticing the stuff last week and speculated that it was “blue ice,” the euphemism for the chemically treated lavatory waste that sometimes falls...
Black Monday n.— «Many have taken to calling the benchmark “Black Monday”—piggybacking on “Black Friday,” the longtime nickname of the day after Thanksgiving, historically the day when sales pushed money-losing...
white-boy syndrome n.— «There’s little evidence of any overt racial tension between students or between their parents.…The school superintendent, however, concedes that a perception exists that’s sometimes called “the white...