Recent interesting catchwords from the Double-Tongued Dictionary are:
hero snow n. snow that is soft on top and firm underneath, providing excellent conditions for sport skiing.
PowerPoint Ranger n. a derogatory term for a military bureaucrat or policy wonk.
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Recent interesting catchwords from the Double-Tongued Dictionary are:
pasture puff n. a horse or other animal that has been retired from a working life.
biological passport n. a continuous record of a professional bicyclist’s drug tests.
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Recent interesting catchwords from the Double-Tongued Dictionary are:
Gripple n. a Wall Street term for Google, Research in Motion, and Apple together.
out over one’s skis being ahead of oneself or behaving rashly.
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Recent interesting catchwords from the Double-Tongued Dictionary are:
nar n. a slang term for snow. The long form is “nar nar.”
monkid n. a monkey that is dressed and cared for as if it were a child.
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Recent interesting catchwords from the Double-Tongued Dictionary are:
facetimer n. Cornell University slang for a person who only attends an event or appears in public in order to be seen by others.
moofer n. a person who works in a variety of places and not just in an office. Coined by Microsoft from Mobile Out of Office.
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