toe-touch n.— «When a correspondent travels, it should be to report for the newspaper. If deadline constraints mean that the reporter will make no significant contribution to someone else;s work, we should skip the trip—the “toe...
punchlist
n.— «This project is complete pending the contractor addressing the final punchlist items.» —“Weekly Road Construction Report” Chattanoogan (Tenn.) Sept. 9, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
shiesty adj.— «Regarding yesterday’s rant against an unsavory real estate broker, a savory broker emails, “It’s too bad that shiesty brokers like the one in the FSBO story ruin the reputation for good, ethical brokers in NYC...
discordant couple n.— «The physician who performed the inseminations reported that in January 1990 a second HIV-1-discordant couple (i.e., seropositive husband with hemophilia, sero negative wife) underwent one insemination using the same...
global gag rule n.— «Denying U.S. aid to family planning organizations and imposing a global gag rule will only increase the need for abortion.» —“Int’l Family Planning: Smith Tries Again” Abortion Report June 6, 1997...
salvage v.— «According to the task force report, 1,082 Filipinos were “extra-legally executed or salvaged (a euphemism for assassinations)” between 1975 and 1983. During the same period, 266 others “disappeared...