dance of the lemons n.— «Instead, principals engage in what Stanford’s Bridges calls “the dance of the lemons” or the “turkey trot”—they transfer their incompetents from school to school in the wake of parental complaints.» —“Incompetence—The...
dance of the lemons n.— «When the parents at the new school finally realize how terrible the teacher is and set up a howl, a new transfer is arranged. This musical chairs scenario is so common it has a name: “The dance of the lemons.”» —“Bad...
transfer tube
n.— «Body bags are now to be called “human remains pouches.” Or “transfer tubes.”» —“Spinning The Wheels” by Peter Fredson Bellaciao Aug. 23, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
hawala n.— «Generally, a Hawala is a system of brokers that provide a paperless banking system enabling individuals to transfer large sums of cash from one country to recipients in another country without the funds ever crossing borders or being...
paperless banking n.— «Generally, a Hawala is a system of brokers that provide a paperless banking system enabling individuals to transfer large sums of cash from one country to recipients in another country without the funds ever crossing borders...
snowflake baby n.— «There are currently about 400,000 frozen embryos in storage, and about 9,000 of the 400,000 frozen embryos are available for “adoption” by other people. People who adopt these embryos can get them implanted and attempt to have a...