underwear risk
n.— «The most notable side effects are gastrointestinal problems ranging from flatulence to loss of bowel control, one reason its domestic sales last year were only about $100 million. “The risks seem relatively small, but I do have concern with what we euphemistically call the underwear risk.”» —“Panel Backs Glaxo’s Plan for Diet Drug” by Stephanie Saul New York Times Jan. 24, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
What if, instead of being an inanimate object, a dictionary were alive? That’s the idea behind a lavishly illustrated new children’s book called The Dictionary Story (Bookshop|Amazon) by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston. This is part of a...
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