blue-state tax n.— «Democratic leaders in Congress are vowing to make the alternative minimum tax a centerpiece of next year’s budget debate, saying the levy threatens to unfairly increase tax bills for millions of middle-class families...
manscape n.— «Norfleet’s Manscape with Beasts series explores the contact zone between animals and humans in intense color photographs taken on Martha’s Vineyard. She depicts animals that have managed to adjust to mankind by living on the...
ringing n.— «Intensive investigations and lengthy surveillance has uncovered a team of people who arrange for vehicles to be stolen in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire before changing the vehicle’s identity. This process, known as ringing...
firecrotch n.— «Scut Farkus…(A Christmas Story)—This firecrotch takes pleasure in forcing his victims to say “Uncle.” Ralphie did, however, get the better of him in the end.» —“Bully; Become a 15-year-old a-hole” by...
compo n.— «Astonishing as it seems, it is not the victims of crime who are benefiting from this particular compensation bonanza, but the criminals themselves. It’s the ones who are behind bars, not the ones outside trying to rebuild...
Prius backlash n.— «Hybrid owners say they feel like the victims of road rage. Carpoolers accuse them of driving too slowly in order to maximize their fuel efficiency, and of clogging diamond lanes that were once clear. Hybrid motorists...