journo-lobbying n.— «In the US, the integration of journalism and PR is further advanced, and a recent trend has been labelled “journo-lobbying.” Tech Central Station, a Washington-based project pioneered by the journalist...
windlip n.—Gloss: a snowdrift created by the wind in a high place. «“In Fairbanks there wasn’t any parks or jumps, so you just learned to hit whatever you had—natural hits, lips, windlips.”…Bell and Hebert link the tricks they...
spin-out n.— «A “spin-out” from OLPC, the company, Pixel Qi is looking to create a $75 laptop and trying to advance low-cost computers and power-efficient laptops, mobile phones and other consumer electronics that are sunlight...
optics n.— «Optics. This euphemism for “spin”—as in “getting the optics right”—is big in Washington. We hope it doesn’t make it to Los Angeles.» —“How cliche” Los Angeles Times Jan. 1, 2008...
well n.— «Amsler was “in the well,” a term used to describe when a contestant comes off the bull on the inside of a spin, when the bull’s face and Amsler’s face collided with one another. He was only 16 years old at the time...
spincerity n.— «And the supposed opposite of spin, “sincerity,” not only belongs to spin but is what spin requires in order to operate. That is because a “genuine” subjective concern about, say, world hunger...