pushing on a string n.— «The attempt to pump money into the banking system failed, and as a result, the phrase “pushing on a string” was coined to describe the futility of inflationary policies in this environment.» —“Wisdom from...
stooshie n.— «Another great Scottish word is stooshie, meaning fight. By contesting the received wisdom of the Clearances, Fry has created an almighty stooshie.» —“On dangerous ground” by Adrian Turpin Financial...
boondocking n.— «The store of outdoor wisdom gathered over 25 years of boondocking and chore-dodging falls into four broad categories.» —“Facts for Hunters” Monroe County News (Albia, Iowa) Mar. 20, 1961...
mother-sister syndrome n.— «General Miller’s observation matches common wisdom among experienced intelligence officers that women may be effective as interrogators when seen by their subjects as mothers or sisters. Sexual taunting does...
Ecozoic n.— «In Vermont, Sr. Gail Worcelo and lay associate Bernadette Bostwick, together with their community of Passionist nuns, are starting an Ecozoic Monastery in the Green mountains. They hope to soon found the first Catholic...
wisdom of repugnance n.— «Professor Nussbaum is certainly right that feelings of disgust, like feelings of shame, are extra- if not irrational: we don’t argue ourselves into disgust or shame: we feel it immediately. Professor Nussbaum is...