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babysit

babysit  v.— «Some airline industry officials said the proliferation of smaller planes is also a result of airlines’ efforts to protect their slots. In a practice known as “baby-sitting” slots, they are scheduling more frequent flights...

Basement Bob

Basement Bob  n.— «The proliferation of PCs and low end accounting/tax software—not to mention “Basement Betty/Bob”—during the past 13 years has made it increasingly difficult to compete (profitably) for monthly bookkeeping...

Basement Betty

Basement Betty  n.— «The proliferation of PCs and low end accounting/tax software—not to mention “Basement Betty/Bob”—during the past 13 years has made it increasingly difficult to compete (profitably) for monthly bookkeeping...

jet people

jet people  n.pl.— «Liberal asylum traditions have been jolted by the new reality of asylum seekers coming directly from far-away lands through the development and proliferation of air transportation systems. These are the “jet...

Nukestock

Nukestock  n.— «The past four days crossed the spectrum from grass-roots advocacy training in New Mexico to the venerable Carnegie International Non-Proliferation Conference, also fondly known as “Nukestock.”» —“Claiming...

enjo kosai

enjo kosai  n.— «The proliferation of online dating sites has led to a rise in enjo-kosai (“compensated dating”), a euphemism for teen prostitution, in which girls sleep with men they meet in chatrooms in exchange for cash or...