Zipcar capitalism n.— «While owning a home may be the American Dream, renting, at least for the moment, seems to be the new American theme. […] Some refer to it as “Zipcar Capitalism” in reference to the company that...
Bangle-butt n.— «BMW’s own Chris Bangle started making controversy with his “flame surfacing” design theme.…Other designers use the name Bangle as a term for a project gone wrong, and “Bangle-butt” has become...
job and knock n.— «A regular inquiry theme has been the RailCorp tradition of “job and knock”—a term for leaving a job after only a couple of hours but charging for the whole day.» —“Employee goes back to work despite...
Howdy, pilgrims! This week in the A Way with Words podcast, discover the joys (and temptations!) of two new books of collected wisdom: "The Yale Book of Quotations" edited by Fred Shapiro, and James Geary's "Guide to the...
leisure farm n.— «Meanwhile, the agri-tainment park, an agricultural theme park, opens its gates to visitors at the leisure farms agro-tourism development in Lemery, Batangas. Introducing a fun way to learn about agriculture, the park...
informationalization n.— «The theme of the three-day annual meeting, the 19th of its kind, is “New Developments In United States-Japan Relations—Internationalization, Informationalization And The Role Of Cities.”» —“...