mail it in v. phr.— «They jumped on us and never got off.…We could have just mailed it in tonight. We didn’t have the intensity we had at home and we never got into it.» —“Malones and Stockton Too Jazzy for...
revirgination n.— «As many as 30,000 women are said to opt for vaginal reconstruction yearly. The procedure, also known as “revirgination,” is being hawked in magazines, the Internet or on radio stations as a way for women to...
inurb n.— «Older, close—in, inner suburbs-or “inurbs,” as Kirk calls them-began to vote Democratic in the 1990s, and the trend has continued into the new century.» —“A Congress of Mayors” by Fred...
alligator hide n.— «Sometimes, the tire fragments cause accidents. Damage to vehicles resulting from contact with flying “alligator hides”—or as a result of swerving to avoid them—is a common hazard of freeway driving...
tiger bench n.— «We have been talking on a daily basis with people who have been tortured on tiger benches.» —“China Strapped to the Tiger Bench: the Degradation of a Nation” by Jiao Guobiao Epoch...
color revolution n.— «Georgia’s 2003 Rose Revolution, Ukraine’s 2004 Orange Revolution and Kyrgyzstan’s 2005 Tulip Revolution resulted in new leaders who advocated democracy rising to power in all three of these post-Soviet states. The...