synthetic short n.— «At a time when traders would normally have shorted the stock as part of the trade, they’re instead bypassing the rising cost of doing so by assembling what are called “synthetic shorts.” In case you’re not familiar...
biobrick n.— «Rob Carlson notes that the emerging biotechnology of using standardized, modular biological parts to assemble synthetic organisms (or “genetically engineered machines”) is already seeing its first intellectual...
belly button n.— «The advanced collective skills organization will focus on the needs of Ml units in the field. It will develop and export common scenarios, lead the Intelligence Center’s distance learning development, and develop and...
jingo n.— «From headlines for feature stories to the pithy phrase that accompanies the date on every Wired cover—known in-house as the jingo—every bit of copy he crafted resonated with his sensibility. To meet his standards, a jingo had...
Barbie drug n.— «A synthetic hormone that could solve your beauty and bedroom needs all at the same time.…“You could theoretically get tanned and have, certainly, a lot of erectile activity and you might actually start to lose...
dago T-shirt
n.— «It’s almost transparent, made from some obscure synthetic fiber, and he’s got the dago T-shirt on underneath.» —by Lisa Scottoline Everywhere That Mary Went Nov. 1, 1993. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)