tape bomb n.— «Wall Street traders like to call unexpected news events “tape bombs.” The terminology presumably dates back to the days when the physical flow of ticker tape delivered the latest ups and downs of stock price...
sit dead red v. phr.— «The ball sailed into the night, slamming into the facade on the second deck in left field. It fell straight down and was grabbed by a 33-year-old plumber from the San Diego area. In baseball terminology, he was...
wheeler n.— «Thinking of the poor guy himself as “the wheeler” as vets in wheel chairs sometimes call themselves, over the phone to let pp know they need accomodation. “Im a wheeler” See?» —“19 Wheeler: Only In The...
CBC n.— «And CBCs (Canadian-born Chinese), or “bananas,” also commonly use the term FOB to distance themselves from new Chinese immigrants.» —“The feud and the firebomb” by San Grewal Toronto...
wildtype n.— «“Our laboratory testing of the vCT using the BD ProbeTec System revealed that the vCT was as easily detected as the ’wildtype’ CT.” “Wildtype” is the term for the common circulating strain of an...
wrap-around adj.— «I discovered another term for network airing of the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments Friday morning: wrap-around coverage. Rather than focus on a single game, ESPN will switch among several games while...