planemo n.— «The debate over the definition of planethood has been simmering for years—and it bubbled up again this week, thanks to new research into free-floating planemos, or planetary-mass objects.» —“Planet-Sized...
nifty-gifty n.— «“There’s a tremendous amount of potential to sell what I call the nifty-gifties,” said Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst for the NPD Group, a market research firm. “You have a captive audience, even with...
blast n.— «“Voice blast,” or blast voice mail, has become the favored technology among research analysts in the past two years because it allows them to send recorded messages about company earnings or undervalued...
buncher n.— «Many of the animals in such ads end up with hoarders and puppy mills, used as bait for training fighting dogs, or “adopted” by “bunchers.” A “buncher” is someone who collects animals to...
mail it in v. phr.— «It didn’t take long to figure out that she was mailing it in, and hadn’t lifted a finger to do research for quite some time.» —by Andy Kessler Wall Street Meat Jan. 1, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued...
LOCO n.— «I was eventually hired to do speechwriting research. The purpose of my research was to identify local references—or LOCO, as we referred to it. LOCO can help a candidate connect with an audience by mentioning something that...