protein spill n.— «At other amusement parks they would simply throw up, but not at Expo. Here, the staff are learning how to respond to “protein spills.”» —“Look! Up in the sky! Is it a bird? A plane? No, it’s Skytrain...
mend it like Beckham n.— «First off, the celebrity mother gets her silicone breast implants removed early in her pregnancy to prevent stretching, then when the baby is born (usually whipped out by caesarean at eight months to prevent the...
picture payment n.— «In addition, Chiluba received “picture payments” from Zambia National Bank, London in the sum of US$64,726.58, the term “picture payments” being coined by bank staff because of Chiluba’s...
caption head n.— «Lane also had drum and bugle corps experience from performing with his college troupe. And he had already established a company, Front and Center Contracting, that not only had an experienced staff of marching band...
brownout n.— «The San Francisco Fire Department, with the OK of Mayor Gavin Newsom, has been taking certain engines and trucks out of service on a rotating basis since last summer. The “brownouts,” as they’re called, save...
learning cottage n.— «Eight of the trailers—or “learning cottages,” as Fairfax parents and staff jokingly call them—house fourth-grade classes, four are third-grade classrooms, and the remaining ones are used for music and...