four-spotting n.— «Like most professional golfers, Lowery has suffered through his own trail of lament.…There was losing his TOUR card and the two years of surviving the vagaries of Monday qualifying, “four-spotting” as...
frolleague n.— «LinkedIn claimed 47% of the UK’s web users are mixing their social and professional lives by accepting networking invitations from “frolleagues”—colleagues who send friendship requests.» —“LinkedIn warns...
unconference n.— «Unconferences are gaining popularity in the high-tech community as self-organizing forums for idea sharing, networking, learning, speaking, demonstrating, and generally interacting with other geeks. The unconference...
parachurch adj.— «hese factors are driving evangelical leaders into the arms of fellowship groups that exist outside the churches, often called “parachurch” organizations. The shift began in the 1950s, but it grew dramatically...
biological passport n.—Gloss: a continuous record of a professional bicyclist’s drug tests. «In an effort to rescue the sport’s prestige, the International Cycling Union plans to institute what is known as a “biological...
worked adj.— «At this point it is unsure if this is real or “worked” (a professional wrestling term meaning “scripted”) but all early indicators point to this event being a real life situation.» —“Wrestling...