flag strategy n.— «Another method, called the “flag strategy,” allowed employees to get their inoculation at the time of their choosing—but only when the line had fewer than a set number of people. With a queue maximum of...
momster n.— «I have seen the wonderful tenderness of some mothers, and I’ve seen the damage that can be done by the Joan Crawfords of the world—what I affectionately called “the momsters.” Most mothers, my own included, are somewhere in...
impedership n.— «A large percentage of the time, the team accomplishes less than it might have in the absence of management—that isn’t “leadership,” rather, its opposite. We need a new word for that, and because such...
bucket baby n.— «Some studies have shown that sling-carried babies are more intelligent than bucket babies (nickname for how when a baby is carried around in the popular car seat carriers it looks like the parent is carrying around a baby...
liberal lion n.— «Barney Frank, the Bay State liberal lion, exhausted by his labors keeping America ethically pure, returned to his bachelor den, and began thumbing through a favorite periodical, the Blade. Barney’s eyes stopped at an ad:...
spave
v.— «People will risk their lives to spave—spend to save—at Ikea.» —“Fraught & social—Diary” by Kate Muir Times (London, England) Dec. 1, 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)