death notice n.— «So now, at the local level, it’s down to meeting and planning on how to shut down plants if needed. Friday afternoon, union members met at UAW Local 652’s Hall. “After the meeting, we’re on what’s called death notice,” Sherwood...
Mahdaviat n.— «A spokesman last week dismissed the video as fake (other sources confirm it is authentic), and denied that Ahmadinejad bases decisions on “heavenly affairs.” But this presidential obsession with the Mahdaviat [belief in the second...
refi n.— «“It’s refi-mania,” says Felix Beck, chairman of Margaretten & Co., a New Jersey-based mortgage banker.» —“Mortgage-Hunting? Be Ready For Delays and Waiting Lists” by Robert Guenther Wall Street Journal Apr. 2, 1986. (source: Double...
Ho-Yay n.— «“He’s a complicated man And no one understands him but his Wesley…CHARLES GUNN! Bwa-hahaha!” “The Ho-Yay! thread’s corrupted you too!”» —“Re: Call Waiting 6” by Lejo Usenet: alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative May 27, 2001. (source: Double...
chope v.— «She did not think her children needed tuition, but five years ago, a colleague persuaded her to chope (book) a tutor who was a former secondary school mathematics teacher. “It all started when a colleague said: ‘I will chope a tutor for...