spinner
n.— «Few of the orginal Mustang spinner hub caps are available, but Lincoln has some used ones priced at $75.» —by Boyd Burchard Seattle Times June 22, 1985. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
ecotone n.— «The Skagit Valley is hailed as a unique ecotone, an area of 1,000 year-old forests where two climatic zones overlap. As a result, plant and animal hybrids are common, all of which would be wiped out by the flooding...
flip v.— «Not even high-fashion models watch their weight closer than jockeys do. Ideally, a jockey should weigh 112 or less. “A lot of jocks eat, eat, eat and then puke, puke, puke. It becomes habitual with them. We call ‘em...
HNWI n.— «Indeed, the ranks of the world’s HNWIs— financial parlance for “high-net-worth individuals,” with investable assets of $1 million or more—increased in 2002 by 2.1 percent to 7.3 million, according to the World Wealth...