TagWednesday

fluffy

fluffy Β n.β€”Β Β«If you’re not familiar with the term, a fluffyβ€”known in Australia as a baby cinoβ€”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

dipper Β n.β€”Β Β«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 β€œdippers,” a street term for a PCP-laced cigarette, Annapolis police said...

peanut butter approach

peanut butter approach Β n.β€”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.Β Β«A number of speakers Wednesday called for an end to Ohio’s β€œpeanut...

radwaste

radwaste Β n.β€”Β Β«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

relauncher Β n.β€”Β Β«At the Wednesday session, he says, he learned the current term for professionals looking to return to work: β€œrelaunchers.β€Β»Β β€”β€œHelp for a career relaunch” in Patricia KitchenΒ NewsdayΒ (Long Island, New York)Β Jan. 11, 2008. (source:...

trapped rainbow

trapped rainbow Β n.β€”Β Β«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 β€œtrapped rainbow,” would help...