budget dust n.— «The regulators should help pay the price by going to jail, having their salaries reduced, or both. This is another burden on the taxpayer. Everybody in Washington is to blame. This isn’t just budget dust, this is big...
hot wash n.— «The day the fighting ended, senior Army aides presented to Army Chief of Staff Carl E. Vuono their first observations on the operation. Such an initial review of a just-concluded operation is called a “hot wash...
horse blanket n.— «An oversized chart—nicknamed the “horse blanket” because of its size—was created to display the postwar targets for one month, six months and a year out.» —“Afghanistan Aid Sets Bad Example —Bush...
lumber-jill n.— «The vogue for bright plaid sport coats is going to brighten up the stands to no end.…Topping the ensemble…will be a gay beret to match; the whole effect being that of a fancy lumber-jill in technicolor...
rocking chair job n.— «It will be no rocking-chair job for whoeever does the catching for the St. Louis Browns next season.» —“Batting ‘Em Out in The Hot Stoveleague” Washington Post Feb. 17, 1925. (source: Double...
zeroing n.— «The panel also said that the U.S. government’s calculations of its antidumping duties were wrong because Washington used a method called “zeroing,” in which sales at above-market prices are ignored.» —“WTO...