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runway

runway  n.—Gloss: The time needed to launch a new business. «We’ll be trying to salvage, sell, merge the promising start-ups and dispensing with those requiring too much runway and capital to break even.» —“Maybe We Should Call...

Xoogler

Xoogler  n.— «Many of the Xooglers (the name is a contraction of ex-Googlers but is pronounced “zooglers”) are young, entrepreneurial and, thanks to Google’s soaring success, wealthy enough to start their own second acts.» —“Keeping...

start and park

start and park  n.— «Lewandoski did exactly what the team he was driving for, Fitz Motorsports, asked him to do: Start the race and bring the car in after a few laps. In NASCAR parlance it’s called a start and park. Get a car in the field...

pinkie

pinkie  n.— «With ferrets, appropriate diet is a must. The ferret is a true obligate carnivore, “and we need to really start thinking in terms of high fat, high protein, no carbohydrates and no fiber,” Cottrell says...