own a blackout v. phr.— «Otherwise take any taxi plying the Blue Town route at the busy taxi rank and tell the driver- as confidently as possible, or with a good dose of Dutch courage- to take you to Mma-Ten Days. He will deliver you at...
conso-loan n.— «All members of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) may now avail of the new GSIS loan procedure known as consolidated salary loan otherwise known as conso-loan.» —“Gov’t personnel now enjoy GSIS conso...
Los Anchorage n.— «That was in the early 1900s when Seward was the main supply port for miners in the Hope/Sunrise district of the Kenai and where a still-hoped-for Alaska railroad would start. Seward was a boom town, and Anchorage was...
fraudband n. low-quality broadband Internet service. Editorial Note: This term is especially common in Australia, although it has been repeatedly recoined throughout the Anglophone world. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
parasiting n.— «Terrorists are hacking websites and posting training manuals in inner directories where people may not notice them (this practice is called “parasiting”).» —“Terrorism on the Internet: another Border to...
firehouse primary n.— «It can also be argued that Tuesday’s results were just another quirky anomaly in Michigan politics, like…Jesse Jackson’s stunning performance in the 1988 Democratic “firehouse” primary.» —“Ask...