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hot lane n. Toll lanes, also known as “hot lanes,“ also play a big part in the plan, which suggests creating a network of them that reaches throughout the region. (Nov. 14, 2004) [full citation…]

doughnut n. According to court documents, some of the iodine was smuggled over the border and driven to Escondido inside car tires that were referred to as “doughnuts” by members of the organization. (Nov. 14, 2004) [full citation…]

kaizen n. Kaizen is a Japanese term that means continuous improvement, taken from the words “kai,” meaning “change,” and “zen,” meaning “good.” The general translation is “change for the better.” In industry today, Kaizen connotes practicing innovative management methods. Japan has been sensitive about waste for decades due to the scarcity of land and raw materials. The philosophy of eliminating waste leading to profit through participative improvement is an integral part of the Japanese philosophy. The key aspect of Kaizen is an ongoing, never-ending continuous improvement process. It is a softer, more gradual methodology, versus the more “scrap and start anew” philosophy of the traditional western mindset. (Nov. 14, 2004) [full citation…]

eventize n. Feldstein and Peter Staddon often used a word I would hear a lot around Los Angeles: “eventize.“ As in, “We really need to eventize the hell out of this release.“ (Nov. 14, 2004) [full citation…]

canstruction n. At a canstruction site, canstruction accidents can happen. Yes, canstruction. It involves constructing sculpturelike installations with unopened cans of food in an annual charity competition open to teams from architectural and engineering firms. (Nov. 13, 2004) [full citation…]

ghost v. A set of current federal documents about treatment of prisoners that has been ghosted to unreadability. (Nov. 13, 2004) [full citation…]

skull v. Many amateurs, I know, worry about skulling or chili-dipping their short shots, particularly from tight lies. (Nov. 12, 2004) [full citation…]

fifth stroke n. “It helps when you have a good dolphin kick. It’s called undulation. It means you have good wave motion.“ That wave motion has carried Kelly to the top of the state leaderboard in just about every stroke. “If you’re good at it, it can work for you,“ Scharbat said. “They refer to it as the fifth stroke. It’s something the elite swimmers have. If you’re doing it just to do it, it won’t help.“ (Nov. 12, 2004) [full citation…]

inter-sploosie n. A punter “squeezing” a sequential threesome in hearts, along with a disposable “bush-card” and the ten, queen and king of clubs, requiring only the jack in that suit to “sing” rummy. He finds it at next dip and, springing to his legs, trumpets a personal fanfare, tucking the winning card into the neat space. Generally referred to as an “inter-sploosie,“ city-folk elaborated on that coinage, describing insertions like that of the knave as fitting it “between Afong and Globe.“ (Nov. 12, 2004) [full citation…]

floss v. floss v.—If you wanna get those hoes then you had better be flossin’ that Gucci and Prada. (Nov. 11, 2004) [full citation…]

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