needle n.— «There was, to use the sporting pros’ shorthand, needle—and plenty of it. The most famous incident came when Kosmina and then-Sydney coach Pierre Littbarski each let the other know exactly what they thought of them in the...
unsub n.— «Button Up and four other “unsubs”—FBI shorthand for “unknown subjects”—together are thought to be responsible for more than 30 robberies, nearly one-third of the bank robberies committed in Washington...
snip n.— «The gene variants are called “snips,” shorthand for single-nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs.» —“New Genetic Tools May Reveal Roots Of Everyday Ills” by Antonio Regalado Wall Street...
unsub n.— «Unsub is shorthand for “unknown subject,” meaning the person believed to have committed the crimes. Nor is it new. There was a 1989 series called Unsub, which followed a government unit investigating serial killers...
keyb n.— «I enjoy how she simply steamrolls over the irritatingly ineffectual vocals and zeroes in on the faultless keyboards—or “keybs,” to use the era’s shorthand.» —“She Wants Revenge: Let It Sleaze” by Tim...
mommy party n.— «Republicans profess to be unworried about the new wave of female candidates for what is often described, sometimes disparagingly, as the “mommy party.” (Supposedly, in the shorthand of political positioning...