wet lease n.— «Lease arrangements that include personnel are called “wet leases.” Leases without personnel are called “dry leases.” According to Upadhya, North Americans are taking out wet leases for all or part of five to six call centers per...
stim v.— «The clothes are the fifth set he’s had on this morning, because one of his “stims” (self-stimulatory behaviours) is to wet himself, just a little bit, and then change all his clothes.» —“Autists do everything differently” by Charlotte...
whiskey tango n.— «It’s not like it’s a bad neighborhood. it’s just three houses in a row, right across the street, that contain dipshits, drunks and what darci likes to call whiskey tango types—white trash (w.t. in copspeak is whiskey tango and...
wet bottom n.— «“People always ask for ‘wet bottom,’” said Dan Stoltzfus. In local parlance, that’s pie in which the syrupy interior virtually dissolves the bottom crust.» —“Vendors add flavor to family traditions” by Patricia Harris, David Lyon in...
knock n.— «The knock among the craftsmen and contractor, fishermen and lawyer barflies I run with is that the Gravy Yard, as they call it, is a bit of a club. Someone can get you “in” as a maintenance or whatever grunt, then five years later...
Gravy Yard n.— «The knock among the craftsmen and contractor, fishermen and lawyer barflies I run with is that the Gravy Yard, as they call it, is a bit of a club. Someone can get you “in” as a maintenance or whatever grunt, then five years later...