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stapled financing n. Stapled financing is a relatively new phenomenon in both the U.S. and Europe that presents its own unique set of conflicts. In such a financing transaction the investment bank running the auction of a business also offers a financing package for the buyer of the business being sold. In other words, as part of the auction, a pre-baked financing package is “stapled” to the target company and sanctioned by the seller. (Jun. 20, 2006) [full citation…]

trombone n. Some of us would sacrifice a useful, even sensitive, part of our anatomy to shoot “trombones”—golfing slang for a 76—just once in our lives. (Jun. 19, 2006) [full citation…]

blink n. Blinks are real. They are radio commercials that last one second. And they may be coming soon to a radio station near you. (Jun. 19, 2006) [full citation…]

Congolese credit card n. Thousands of gunmen continue to roam the lawless east armed with their AK-47s—known to some as the “Congolese credit card”—harassing and killing civilians. (Jun. 19, 2006) [full citation…]

aparthotel n. Also known as condotels or aparthotels, condo hotels have been growing in popularity as an approach to owning a luxurious second home in a great vacation destination. (Jun. 19, 2006) [full citation…]

condotel n. Also known as condotels or aparthotels, condo hotels have been growing in popularity as an approach to owning a luxurious second home in a great vacation destination. (Jun. 19, 2006) [full citation…]

radio fox hunt n. This was a radio fox hunt, an event put on by the South East Metro Amateur Radio Club. Radio fox hunting—also known as transmitter hunting, T-hunting, bunny hunting or amateur radio direction finding—is a competition in which ham radio operators armed with directional antennas race across the countryside trying to be the first to find a concealed transmitter. (Jun. 19, 2006) [full citation…]

cage n. Strachan said people in cars—which he refers to as “cages”—have a tendency to overlook motorcycles because they’re smaller. And they just aren’t looking for them. Car drivers should always turn to check their blind spots and not rely solely on their mirrors. (Jun. 19, 2006) [full citation…]

noon-to-cocktail hour curve n. Zito was dominant. His noon-to-cocktail-hour curve—scouts slang for a pitch that breaks downward like hands on a clock moving from 12 to 6—gave the Dodgers fits. (Jun. 19, 2006) [full citation…]

plus-up n. Convinced that the company’s engine technologies were important, with the help of Virginia Sens. Warner and Allen they were able to add what’s called a “plus-up” to the 2006 defense appropriations bill. (That’s money for a program not part of the President’s request.) (Jun. 19, 2006) [full citation…]

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