familismo n.—Gloss: a sense of family among Latinos. Note: Appears primarily to be used in English-language contexts and rarely in Spanish texts. «The sense of family in the Latino community is so strong academics have coined a term for...
doming n.— «Tidal currents are strong through the Sound, which keeps water temperatures on the cool side. With a primarily south and southwest synoptic (large scale) wind, we experience what the Canadians call “doming,” also...
POCO n.— «Less than four months ago Ellyn McColgan emerged as the new new thing at Fidelity, moving up when Robert Reynolds became the latest in a long line of number twos to go POCO—that is, decide to pursue other career opportunities...
dark week n.— «Demand has been so strong that booksellers and wholesalers were unable to get copies a short time after it hit stores, creating what the publishing industry calls a “dark week.” One experienced publishing...
femtocell n.— «RadioFrame Networks of Redmond has been at the forefront of this development, working since 1999 on building a miniature cell site—what’s called a femtocell—that plugs into a consumer’s home broadband network to create a...
mussel sucker n.— «“Newcomers especially want to be a part of the community, so they figure we got rules to be called a clam digger,” Mr. Sadler said, using the folksy local term for a native. “They figure you can be a clam digger if you...