Levine recalled a teen patient from a middle-class family. She was wearing what is known as a “cutter t-shirt,” a long-sleeve t-shirt with a hole cut into the end of the sleeve to slip over the thumb and hide self-inflicted cutting on her arm.Filed under: English, Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion, Slang / Posted Oct-10 / comments? / more details…
The speculation follows much earlier talk that the “Taliban Unions” (as the extreme left unions are affectionately known by more moderate industrial organisations) would be looking to behead Boydy at the earliest possible opportunity.Filed under: English, Australia, Employment, New or Nonce / Posted Oct-10 / comments? / more details…
Cluster headache (CH) remains an enigma to the medical profession.…Many chronic CH sufferers eventually take their own lives—earning CH the gruesome moniker “suicide headaches.”Filed under: English, Body, Health / Posted Oct-10 / comments? / more details…
The onslaught of unsettling news has proved too much for some with the means to flee. No reliable numbers are kept on emigration, but “packing for Perth”—a phrase used to describe white flight, not necessarily to the Australian city—is believed to be on the increase.Filed under: English, South Africa / Posted Oct-9 / comments? / more details…
Yuen Pau Woo was the economist responsible for Japan in Singapore’s central bank when the Japanese bubble—helped by a run-up in real estate prices that made Park Ave. co-ops look affordable—caused the world’s second biggest economy to burst. “It became what was known as the zombie economy,” says Woo, now CEO of the Vancouver-based Asia Pacific Foundation think-tank. “Many people look back and see that it was a mistake that they didn’t act quickly enough.”Filed under: English, Money & Finance / Posted Oct-9 / comments? / more details…
Varley, who has toured with Kano and G-Unit, has as much chance as any of them. She’s feisty as hell, dissing “wastemen” (vernacular for playa).Filed under: English, United Kingdom, Slang / Posted Oct-9 / comments? / more details…
You also must accept that the enemies of private property, the radical environmental left, pretty much control Democrat policy. As the party of big, intrusive, regulatory government, Democrats regard businesses as the problem, not the solution, to almost anything. Businesses exist, seemingly, for tax revenue and social engineering. I can only hope for an intervention by those close to him, to correct what I call “stinkin’ thinkin’”.Filed under: English / Posted Oct-9 / 1 comment / more details…
The Irish government has thrown everybody (and that includes Sarkozy and Merkel) off track by guaranteeing every last penny in its banks. The risks run by this kind of unilateral action inside the European Union are typified by what is called a Delaware Effect. People might rush money out of some banks to move them into Irish banks in order to benefit from this guarantee.Filed under: English, Money & Finance, Jargon / Posted Oct-9 / comments? / more details…
The music touched on free jazz, especially when Krieger let forth some quick runs or hit those intense, dented notes aficionados refer to as “skronk.” He was a fiery presence onstage, often bending over an amp to produce feedback or furiously stomping on his pedals.Filed under: English, Music, Slang / Posted Oct-8 / comments? / more details…
To keep the dogs performing at their best, Syar uses a technique called “carting,” where the dog runs alongside a golf cart at various speeds. In other cases, Syar or her assistant, T.J Plutchak, trains the dogs on a treadmill.Filed under: English, Animals, Insects, & Birds, Jargon / Posted Oct-8 / comments? / more details…
The friend asked her if she was aware of something called a “balloon addendum.” The addendum states that in 40 years, when she is in her 80s, she will have to make one payment for the entire remaining balance, which will by then be $98,000.Filed under: English, Money & Finance, Jargon / Posted Oct-8 / comments? / more details…
I invest in Silicon Valley companies. In 2001-2004 there was a nuclear winter for deal flow dried up almost 100%. Lots of people going back to business school. I haven’t seen that to date. The environment has not changed at all. Innovation in SV is alive and thriving and the deal flow is wide open. It won’t be as bad as the Winter.Filed under: English, Money & Finance, Slang / Posted Oct-7 / comments? / more details…
A recessionista is simply some one who seeks fashionable items that are also inexpensive.Filed under: English, Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion, New or Nonce / Posted Oct-7 / comments? / more details…
Tuesday’s closing prices were particularly important to money managers who report their performance based on quarterly figures, and suspicions of “painting the tape”—buying shares at the end of the day to drive up the price—have been common during the final minutes of a quarter.Filed under: English, Money & Finance, Slang / Posted Oct-7 / comments? / more details…