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Do Buy

Do Buy  n.— «Persian Gulf cities, such as Dubai, are attractive and have made a name for themselves on the world stage by the record-breaking skyscrapers and state-of-the-art shopping malls leading some to even refer to the city as...

tuna can

tuna can  n.— «The Cleveland center is also fabricating the Constellation program hardware that will be the first to fly: a prototype of the upper stage of the Ares I rocket that will boost the crew capsule into orbit. The rocket segments...

candidate skinning

candidate skinning  n.— «Some felt that votes hinged on how many baked goods they bought or won through auction, and how many pretty girls they endowed. Sponsoring groups even had their contests on stage with the candidates sitting right...

four-walling

four-walling  v.— «In Vegas parlance, Wallace is a “four-waller,” the term used when an entertainer pays for his or her stage time. It’s an increasingly common arrangement that guarantees the hotel or casino rent and puts much...

four-waller

four-waller  n.— «In Vegas parlance, Wallace is a “four-waller,” the term used when an entertainer pays for his or her stage time. It’s an increasingly common arrangement that guarantees the hotel or casino rent and puts much...

bioconservative

bioconservative  n.— «Threatening that future, writes Ronald Bailey, are bioconservatives. A loose coalition of both the political left and right, they seek to halt the creation of this new world fearing a change in what it means to be...