Quiz Guy John Chaneski’s puzzle challenges you to spot the missing links between words. For example, what do the following three names have in common? Jefferson, Franklin, Washington. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Quiz: Find the...
repo n.— «Regulators also are monitoring repurchase agreements, also known as repos, which banks use for short-term financing. In a common arrangement known as tri-party repo, one bank lends money to another bank, which offers securities as...
twin skin n.— «Maybe, I reasoned, I could still wear a two-piece tri suit so long as I wore a singlet long enough to conceal what us twin mamas lovingly refer to as “twin skin.”» —“Racing Like a Rookie” by Kara Douglass Thom Xtri.com July 28, 2006...
jointery n.— «The Government, however, now has to turn the rhetoric of the SDR into reality—in particular, what Johns describes as the key theme of “jointery,” of tri -service commands—known as Purple commands in the UK.» —“Rhetoric Or Reality?” by...
jointery n.— «Under the new principle—referred by the ugly new word “jointery’—there is to be a tri-service hospital and a tri-service staff college. Joint arrangements will be promoted in areas such as flying instruction, music lessons and...
staggette n.— «Mrs. Ed (Mary Lou) Critchlow, right, sat atop the piano alongside chorus girl Mrs. Frank (Millie) Swanberg, at Tri-City Country club which Thursday night will turn itself into a suffragette party at women’s division “Staggette...
