Tagrelief

frog

frog  v.— «She said that laughing while frogging the sweater expressed her great relief in ridding herself of that hurtful and untruthful self-perception.…There are times when we aren’t ready to frog, and that’s when “Toad” appears—”Trashed Object...

red dot

red dot  n.— «Gesturing across the wood-paneled office, he points to a relief map of Indonesia and the surrounding region mounted on the far wall. “It’s OK with me, but there are 211 million people (in Indonesia),” he says. “Look at that map. All...

floodweiser

floodweiser  n.— «An empty can of “floodweiser,” the water canned by Anheuser Busch and provided by disaster relief groups.» —“Artist putting together remnants of flood for museum” in Grand Forks, N.D. AP May 22, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued...

robo call

robo call  n.— «In the city, an automated message from Mayor Martin O’Malley—a “robo call,” his office termed it—alerted seniors to their options regarding relief from the heat.» —“Nation in grip of record hot spell” by Justin Fenton Baltimore...

discordant couple

discordant couple  n.— «In the discordant couple phenomenon, one partner is HIV-positive, while the other remains negative, even as they continue to live together as man and wife or simply maintain a long-term relations.» —“Aids Spread Relief” by...