dead rubber n.— «In Davis Cup parlance, it’s called a “dead rubber,” which has nothing to do with the soles of the players’ sneakers. Andy Roddick having spanked Razvan Sabau in straight sets, giving the Americans an insurmountable 3-1...
blast n.— «How do you regulate a medium that is so fluid and so time critical? We cannot have the NASD take four days to approve a blast e-mail to all shareholders if the market expectation is “Yesterday I wanted it. Today is too...
spooty
adj.— «I was feeling exceptionally spooty yesterday with sinus and hayfevery ickiness.» —“Beating the christmas rush” by Harriet Fan-Fugu-Tastic Dec. 23, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
gotcha day n.— «She was a beautiful young dog, very adoptable—but it would have been a terrible loss for us; yesterday was Katie’s second “gotcha” day (second anniversary of the day she came home with us from the shelter), and...
gotcha day n.— «We’ve been a family exactly five years, yesterday being the fifth anniversary of the Daughter’s arrival, her—our—Gotcha Day.» —“Gotcha Day” by Liz Aurbach Christian Science Monitor (Boston, Mass...
cancer cabin n.— «Ms Hewitt’s plans for licensed premises to provide “sin-bin” rooms in which employees or customers can smoke if they wish…are still on the table. Several ministers raised questions at yesterday’s...