colonia n.— «Colonias—the Spanish word for neighborhoods—are unplanned immigrant communities that sprouted in the 1980s. Many areas lack plumbing, electricity, drainage and paved roads. Authorities have tried to improve conditions and...
go bare v.— «Going bare means going without workers’ compensation insurance.» —“Uninsured employer takes risk by ‘going bare’” by Bruce Hight Austin American-Statesman (Texas) Jan. 26, 1992. (source: Double...
hotel journalism n.— «The jacket tout compares “Where is Nicaragua?” to Joan Didion’s ” Salvador,” a condescending and superficial bit of hotel journalism published a few years ago. That is unfortunate. Didion’s...
Plumb Country n.— «Young George Bush grew up in the dusty streets of West Texas [ Plumb Country ] as they say in West Texas.» —“He’s A Little Bit Country [George W. Bush]” by Ken Hughes Conservative Voice Jan...
webl n.— «It’s my Webl (pronounced “Webble”). It’s the same as a Blog, but it’s cooler.…I hereby name this journal entry a “Webl” and dub myself a “Webbler”! I am reattaching that congenial...
make (one’s) bones v.— «Shah is a 41-year-old publisher of small provincial newspapers who made his bones after winning a bitter strike against the unions that tried to shut down his northern England operation when he brought in computers...