In her newsletter Bloom Anywhere, writer and editor Gwen Moran relates a conversation with her oncologist, who discouraged her from using the term bucket list. As a result, Moran began replacing the expression bucket list with bliss list. She...
Books for sale, books for free, and wisdom passed down through the ages. Libraries aren’t just repositories for books — they’re often a great place to find gently used volumes for sale. Or you can always visit a “little free...
Jim, an engineer from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, relies on punch list for the final written rundown of unfinished and corrective items before a public works project wraps up. The term shows up in construction and engineering contexts at least as...
punch list n.— «It has run into problems with some companies that have not developed the “punch list” of digital-age surveillance capabilities requested by law enforcement approved by the FCC under CALEA» —“Lawmakers See...
punch list n.— «Shipper faxes it to New York along with a “punch list”—a checklist of news stories and other topics to be talked about during the four-hour show.» —“Gag Man Tosses Schtick by Fax” by David...
punch list n.— «The innumerable reports, punch lists and letters of complaint written by principals, custodians and teachers taken from board files and introduced here serve to emphasize that most of these problems were brought to the...