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heavy furniture n. Some have thought of her at times as what celebrity-wranglers bemoan as “heavy furniture.” (Nov. 29, 2008) [full citation…]

gulch n. For Glyn Willacott, there was never a dull moment aboard HMS Cardiff. The 59-year-old served as a weapons engineer between 1982 and 1985, travelling to the Falklands, the Persian Gulf and, of course, back to the ship’s home city of Cardiff.…“We were at sea all the time once we were there—it was very rare you managed to set foot off the ship. But we would all really look forward to the trips there and back because we would call inland (during the journeys),” he said. He said there were 60 men in each mess—or the “gulches” as they were called—and they would sleep in the bottom, middle or top bunk depending on rank. (Nov. 24, 2008) [full citation…]

hyper-edit n. Each high-octane action sequence is made up of quick cuts and edits, hyper-edits as they call it in the business, leaving the viewer with no sense of the surroundings and at times no clue as to what exactly is happening. (Nov. 24, 2008) [full citation…]

doga n. In Seattle, Brenda Bryan specializes in “doga,” or doggie yoga, developing her own technique, known as “barking buddha doga.” Combining hatha yoga—poses include the “woofing warrior one”—with massage and stretching for dog and owner, barking buddha is designed to create “an opportunity to connect in a whole new way” with your dog. (Nov. 24, 2008) [full citation…]

hot body n. The reverse kimono dress is what the garment industry calls a hot body, meaning it sells so well that a designer makes it for more than one season, often tweaking it by using a new fabric. (Nov. 24, 2008) [full citation…]

wovit n. Godwin provided plenty of colorful examples of the gradual disintegration of the farming system in Zimbabwe as the war vets or “wovits,” as they are called, grab land from the rightful owners. (Nov. 24, 2008) [full citation…]

boyat n. Such openness revealed that homosexuality in KSA is not limited to gays and lesbians, but a third type has appeared between women, known as “boyat”—plural for the English word “boy” in Arabic form—, the fourth sex or transsexuals. (Nov. 23, 2008) [full citation…]

KLM n. It is also in Toronto that you see KLM airplanes taxiing right in the middle of town. In the evening they go to sleep in their hangers, like any other aircraft, just that they are quite different. Apparently, KLM is the term for youngsters who were brought from Ghana when they were children. They understand Twi but cannot and will not speak it. They are called KLM because they are usually dropped off by that airline. (Nov. 23, 2008) [full citation…]

governist n. It worked for Y2K and Big Al, and the global governists pulling his strings are trying to use the same fear mongering here to build carbon as a currency for global control of energy. (Nov. 23, 2008) [full citation…]

wirehouse n. Recruiters said although there has been a spike this year in disenfranchised advisers going independent, the vast majority of those on the move simply go to another “wirehouse”—a term used to describe large, full-service brokerages. (Nov. 23, 2008) [full citation…]

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