buscone n.— «La proliferacion de “buscones,” refleja el crecimiento de la actividad de los cazatalentos en la Republica Dominicana, de donde salen al menos una cuarta parte de los peloteros que juegan bajo contrato en equipos...
tap-tap n.— «Strange little buses called “tap-taps,” constructed on flatbed trucks and decorated over every inch with paintings of flowers, animals, Bible stories and proverbs, ply along the Avenue des Salines parallel with...
blow-in n.— «Kerry swept the district’s upscale suburbs, but not the mill towns, where unemployment was rising as jobs fled. There, locals tagged Kerry with their own slang for carpetbagger: “blow-in.”» —“Discipline and...
Bangalored adj.— «An online anti-outsourcing website is marketing a T-shirt with the legend “Don’t Get Bangalored,” a term suggesting losing one’s job to outsourcing.» —“Bangalored! BPO bashers’ war cry” by...
grinding n.— «I wanted so hard to hold my head up. I was grinding. I was shellshocked. I’d been on the verge of winning a tournament that puts me in the history books.» —“One Man Put His Stamp on This Open, a Proud One” by...
FRAGO n.— «The Army has lots of acronyms. One is Frago, short for fragmentary order, or a change in the main attack plan.» —“Discovering Doubt and Death On Drive Toward Baghdad” by Steven Lee Myers in Baghdad...