It’s one of the biggest grammatical bugaboos of all, the one that bedevils even the most earnest English students: Is it lie or lay? Martha shares a trick for remembering the difference. See below for her clip-and-save chart of these verbs. Print it...
Costanza wallet n. a bulging, overstuffed billfold or wallet. Etymological Note: After the character George Costanza in the the twelfth episode, The Reverse Peephole, of the ninth season of Seinfeld, which aired on January 15, 1998. In the episode...
George Costanza wallet n.— «Along with it being old, filled with useless receipts and business cards of people he will likely never contact, Steve rarely carries cash in his “George Costanza wallet.”» —“George Costanza Wallet Becoming A ‘Problem’...
Costanza wallet n.— «This week’s color Doonesbury comic talks about the bankruptcy of the “J. Pretensions” catalogue company. I thought Garry Trudeau would have used the real name. The Costanza wallet for him.» —“Doonesbury wimps out” Usenet: alt...
Costanza wallet n.— «Eliminating the need for a George Costanza wallet bursting with credit cards, the Boca Raton, Fla.-based vendor’s virtual payment system instead consolidates all that plastic into users’ Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones.» —“500...
Costanza wallet n.— «Talk to a sitcom fan about wallets bursting and most give the same reflexive response—”Costanza wallet,” coined for the “Seinfeld” television character George Costanza and his ridiculously jam-packed billfold.» —“Get rid of...
