go bare v.— «As a result, the American Institute of Architects says a growing number of professionals are following the example of their medical colleagues and “going bare,” or doing without liability insurance except where...
Lenny Skutnik n.— «Every president since has used the device—planting people in the audience to illustrate a key point in the speech—to the extent that speechwriters now use the term “Lenny Skutniks” as slang for any such...
peachalorum n.— «If you don’t know how to get away with this Job, you ought not to go against it. You are what Charles Francis Adams would call a Peachalorum.» —“Modern Fables” by George Ade Washington Post Dec...
ROW n.— «The US will find itself tractor-beamed by the Europeans and the Rest of the World—or ROW, as it’s called in Washington—into many various big-spending plans, Marshall as well as martial.» —“‘W’ is for Wilson?” by...
spiritware n.— «A store half the size of a football field with a floor devoted to selling what is called spiritware (everything you can imagine with the school logo and mascot).» —“Higher Ed, Inc.” by James B...
breakfast-table test n.— «Rosenberg applies what he calls “the breakfast-table test” to any gruesome picture, titillating image or vulgar word. He doesn’t want to make people sick over their cornflakes.» —“Ombudsman:...