bumper n.— «Collier Hill’s first start was in a National Hunt Flat race—more commonly known as a “bumper”—designed for horses deemed too slow to win on the Flat en route to a career over jumps.» —“Bargain Buy Collier Hill...
social cleansing n.— «Noam Chomsky argues that “Mumia’s case is symbolic of something much broader…The US prison system is simply class and race war…Mumia and other prisoners are the kind of people that get assassinated...
O3 n.— «The distance is known in triathlon as the O3 race distance, or three times the Olympic distance that saw Triathlon debut as an Olympic sport in 2000 in Sydney.» —“Triathlon: Long Distance World Triathlon Championships Sunday...
confuzzle v.— «George Farson, who managed the Eastern League Holyoke Millers baseball team in 1978, invented a word one day. He said his team was “confuzzling.” That’s confusing and puzzling, with a dash of good ol’ boy mixed...
combat fashion n.— «Just after dawn, more than 75 police cars race to Times Square, lights flashing, then converge in what’s called “combat fashion.” Each backs halfway onto the sidewalk in a daunting show of municipal muscle...
spinner n.— «R acing fans and baseball hat fans hustled to the tables where they could claim their bright blue Saratoga hats, the second giveaway of the season.…He’d got just one hat, for himself, and was heading with his bag of...