pig in a python n.— «All very well for the bulge group, you may say. It will continue to dominate society as it passes through the decades like a pig through a python.» —“Pigs in a Python” by Russell Baker New York...
hole punch cloud n.— «“Hole punch clouds,” also known as “fallstreak holes,” occur when patches of high cloud freeze and fall as ice crystals, leaving a dramatic gap behind.» —“Holes over Louisiana” Cloud...
fallstreak hole n.— «“Hole punch clouds,” also known as “fallstreak holes,” occur when patches of high cloud freeze and fall as ice crystals, leaving a dramatic gap behind.» —“Holes over Louisiana” Cloud...
global weirding n.— «‘‘It could be colder, it could be drier, it could be wetter, it could be warmer,’’ said Katy Moss Warner, the new president of the horticulture society. If you can’t exactly point to the climate changes as evidence of...
social earthquake n.— «We are producing enormous stress within our ecological and social systems that creates the possibility of what I call social earthquakes; the probability is going up of major system discontinuity and we’re acting as...
wraparound adj.— «Transition coordinators are now working with those agencies and private organizations to develop what is known as the “wraparound reentry model” that will result in a team of individuals and entities that will be able to...