pop n.— «Asada went up for the 3 1/2-revolution jump, but aborted it—a “pop” in skating parlance—after one revolution.» —“Asada fizzles out and finishes third” by Philip Hersh in Hartford...
neogeography n.— «Online maps such as those offered by software firms Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft have become ubiquitous tools for finding directions from Point A to Point B. But creative travelers around the world are now embracing the...
Fordism n.— «In a section devoted to its effect on the unions, he traced the phases of the development of the productive forces under capitalism from the manufacturing phase of simple cooperation to the industrial revolution and large...
umbraphile n.— «In the Philippines in “88, however, communist insurgents called off the revolution for a few days so as not to upset the visiting umbraphiles.» —“Under the Spell of the Eclipse” by Phil...
shit-bombing n.— «A new phrase was coined to describe one of Chairman Rawlings’ tools for dealing with the private media—”shit-bombing.” “Shit-bombing” is the act of pouring human excrement (fecal material) on the...
sting-jet n.— «As with many innovations in the understanding of extra-tropical cyclone behaviour, the origins of the “sting-jet” start with the insights of Norwegian weather forecasters. Norwegian meteorologist Sigbjorn Gronas...