start-me-up n.— «Start-Me-Ups—these are youngsters starting out and on the way up: most are single and childless and in the 18 to 29 year age group with a male and white-collar job bias—they like fun and parties.» —“The new black...
city-ot n.— «“For our parents, it was them working for the ’city-ots’—that’s what they called the summer people and rich people,” she said. That generation, she said, still keeps to itself, socializing with one another in the...
finger trouble n.— «We normally don’t have service calls as the hardware is very reliable. In fact, we have never made a hardware repair. Problems come from what is known as finger trouble, where unskilled people fiddle with the computer...
sugaring n.— «A business specializing in all-natural hair removal recently opened downtown at 185-A St. Philip St. The shop, called Sweet 185, removes hair through a practice called “sugaring,” which involves a mixture of...
screwjob n.— «But a secretive change of the match’s finish, known as a “screwjob” in pro wrestling parlance, already had been concocted by McMahon and Michaels. The plan called for Hebner to signal for the bell and end the...
OK change n.— «That finger, which McBeth cannot straighten, bends perfectly around the ball when he throws what in baseball parlance is called a “circle change” or an “OK change.” The trick to throwing the pitch is to put as little...