tea sommelier n.— «Tiny finger sandwiches, crumpets, Devonshire cream and delicate tea cups hard figure on my gastronomic landscape. And this place even has a Tea Sommelier (a highfalutin word for tea expert) for heavens sake!» —“Tea, Tarot, and...
squish mitten n.— «His euphemism of choice for, you know, lady parts is “squish mitten.” He does not hesitate to ask a six-year-old girl some really inappropriate questions about her “special place” (for the sake of medicine, of course).» —“House...
Crosby weather n.— «“Just where was the severe weather?” Harrington, the native of Dublin, Ireland, asked about the conditions often known as “Crosby Weather.” “It was nearly a summer’s day out there, for God’s sake.”» —“Harrington welcomes the...
trailing spouse n.— «The other partner would be taken care of by the corporation with job opportunities as provided by policy with respect to “trailing spouse/SO.” Can the other partner truly “give up their current career”? Are they expect to for...
self-licking ice cream cone n.— «For grateful military leaders, there was merit in reinforcement for its own sake. One senior general compared the existing force to a “self-licking ice cream cone”—so small and weak that it consumed most of its...
mundane n.— «This is my best effort at a summary of Karyn Ashburn’s talk.…On those occasions when she showed up at a con to meet Elise, she saw lots of fans in groups talking. To her they seemed angry and rude. To Elise they seemed nothing of the...