eveninger n.— «That was the day when the managing director of Coltex India, a subsidiary of the New York-based Coltex Inc., had picked up the copy of Mumbai’s leading eveninger kept in his car to read on his way home from work—as had been...
booster bag n.— «During the raids, police seized booster bags worn under women’s dresses to conceal goods shoplifted from stores. “They could get articles as large as fur coats, video recorders, computers, fax machines, 20-piece...
honeypot n.— «Symantec’s Probe Network sports more than two million spam traps—often coined as “honeypots”—in 20 countries.» —“Symantec, MX Logic Partner In Managed Spam Defense” by Gregg...
GUBU adj.— «Conor Cruise O’Brien coined the Gubu acronym in 1983 after former Taoiseach Haughey referred to the discovery of serial killer Malcolm MacArthur in the flat of Government Attorney General Patrick Connolly as “grotesque...
goonda tax n.— «Addressing newsmen here today, Mr Bansi Lal described the extortions as “goonda- tax.”» —“Mining mafia: ex-CM seeks probe” by Jatinder Sharma in Rohtak Tribune (Chandigarh...
Colorao n.— «A bonus for those interested in linguistics is a glossary comparing the region’s Spanish to “standard” Spanish. Garcia compares the usage of such words as murre/muy (very), probe/pobre (poor) as well as the many...