shadow ad n.— «It would be difficult to find a clearer example of the mingling of real news and advertising than the “watermark” ads The Times started offering in late September. Advertising images are printed faintly...
Floodweiser n.— «Baker was then presented a large shadow box crafted from wood from a sandbag pallet. The box contains a plaque and mementos of the flood, including a miniature sandbag and rubber boot, a cell phone, a...
hospital pass n.— «In rugby parlance Robinson was thrown a hospital pass as he tried to maintain the success. With Johnson retired and Wilkinson a shadow of the player he was two years ago, Robinson is conspicuously short of leaders on...
monster n.— «It is an addiction which has within it philosophical, as well as conceptual and behavioral elements, that make it even harder to deal with. Under the shadow of unimportance, indifference, and humor, this monster keeps growing...
fantouche n.— «“Fantouche,” a marionette, a shadow of the virile object (or its “natural referent”) is what, in Lacan’s interpretation, Herr K. rightly becomes for Dora.» —“The Scene of Psychoanalysis: The...
filthy stuff n.— «I don’t know how the hell Ashby gave up five runs.…His stuff was so filthy.» —“Me and my shadow” by Tom Krasovic Sporting News (St. Louis, Mo.) Sept. 1, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued...