rocket surgery n.— «One legislator, mixing metaphors in referring to a simple concept, called it “rocket surgery.”» —“Legislative Lingo” by Jim Sullinger in Topeka, Kan. Kansas City Star (Kansas...
contra n.— «Business Trade with Bartercard Trade Exchange Business Barter is the exchange of business goods and business services without the need for cash. However, direct trade or contra as it is sometimes known, suffers from a lack of...
wicker-bill n.— «Dan hand-cut and shaped a couple of pieces of sheet metal that looked like angle-irons—just 90 degree bent pieces of aluminum. He had us mount them on the back edges of the rear wing of the car.…His simple...
dog whistle politics n.— «A simple statement such as “I don’t like political correctness” might not sound too threatening but there are some who hear something quite different, such as “It’s okay to be racist.”...
Weblogestan n.— «“Weblogestan” is an Iranian online slang term for the realm of Persian-language blogs. (The time has definitely come for it to be adapted, and adopted, into Anglophone usage.) Over the last two years, Western...
Veblogestan n.— «“Weblogestan” is an Iranian online slang term for the realm of Persian-language blogs. (The time has definitely come for it to be adapted, and adopted, into Anglophone usage.) Over the last two years, Western...