road diet n.— «A study of these “road diets”—the change of a roadway from four lanes to three—shows that four-lane streets with up to 20,000 vehicles per day are candidates for this kind of treatment.» —“Bikeways and...
ghost v.— «A set of current federal documents about treatment of prisoners that has been ghosted to unreadability.» —“Building a One-Man Magazine, One Impossible Feat at a Time” by David Carr New York Times Nov...
stashing n.— «“Stashing” is a term from the past that Tagliabue and his top lieutenants don’t want to see become a part of the modern-day NFL lexicon.…For the most part, after all, players on injured reserve are there with...
monstering n.— «More alarming, however, was Cullen’s criticism of Reed’s treatment by some of the more excitable elements of the newspaper business. There’s no doubt the judge suffered, in tabloid parlance, a bit of “monstering...
blue-sky v.— «He insisted he was merely “blue skying” the idea. He swore he had never used the report, which he had promoted while at NIAAA, to solicit loans from banks to build a private treatment center.» —“The...
hikikomori n.— «Hikikomori is not a disease. For reasons ranging from bullying to exam failure, some young people are shutting themselves away in their rooms and having as little direct contact with the outside world as possible. Many are...