spang v.— «It was after 3 p.m., and we realized as we stepped outside that we had only a little time until dark, and we were hungry. We had half a loaf of bread and warm mayonnaise, but no protein. We “spanged,” as it’s called on the...
ground game n.— «The pairing of White House wannabes with grass-roots activists and local political leaders—a mating dance known in political parlance as the “ground game”—has a serious purpose. Often a relative handful of...
self-licking ice cream cone n.— «SDI has become “a self-licking ice cream cone. It serves no purpose except to consume itself.”» —“Critics Call Star Wars A Contractors’ Feast” by Tim Weiner Philadelphia...
smallware n.— «They make accelerated-cooking ovens, pizza conveyor ovens, countertop ovens, and general purpose portable cooking devices that they refer to as smallwares.» —“HGS: Middleby Corp. (MIDD)” by...
pinhooking v.— «The colt’s sale price last year at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July select auction now looks like the bargain of a lifetime. Randy Hartley and Dean De Renzo of Florida bought the yearling for $425,000 for the purpose of...
tacking n.— «Keslo said he agreed with Mortimer to hire McNeilly to the $2,400 per year position on a part-time, on-call basis for the purpose of keeping McNeilly in the state’s pension system. Creating a low-paying position for the...