fluffy n.— «If you’re not familiar with the term, a fluffy—known in Australia as a baby cino—is basically a tiny cup filled with froth and sprinkled with chocolate for the pint-sizers, allowing them to think of themselves as coffee-swilling adults...
dipper n.— «A man was taken to a hospital for an emergency psychiatric evaluation Wednesday after he darted into traffic and then told police that he had been smoking “dippers,” a street term for a PCP-laced cigarette, Annapolis police said...
peanut butter approach n.—Gloss: Focusing tax breaks or government stimulus money thinly across a lot of beneficiaries instead of targeting those areas in need of the most help. «A number of speakers Wednesday called for an end to Ohio’s “peanut...
radwaste n.— «Joseph R. Egan, a nuclear engineer-turned-lawyer who led Nevada’s legal campaign to block a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain, died Wednesday at his home in Naples, Fla. He was 53.…He had arranged for his ashes to be spread at...
relauncher n.— «At the Wednesday session, he says, he learned the current term for professionals looking to return to work: “relaunchers.”» —“Help for a career relaunch” in Patricia Kitchen Newsday (Long Island, New York) Jan. 11, 2008. (source:...
trapped rainbow n.— «Scientists in Britain said Wednesday they were able to slow and then stop a squirt of light in what they described as a key step towards the future of ultra-fast computing. The technique, called “trapped rainbow,” would help...
