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Dictionaries RSS Feedscutter t-shirt - 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.. ...Feed Source: feeds.feedburner.com Taliban union - 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.. ... suicide headache - 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.?. ... packing for Perth - 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.. ... zombie economy - 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.?. ... wasteman - 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).. ... stinkin? thinkin? - 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??.. ... Delaware effect - 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.. ... skronk - 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.. ... carting - 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.. ... balloon addendum - 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.. ... nuclear winter - 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.. ... recessionista - A recessionista is simply some one who seeks fashionable items that are also inexpensive.. ... paint the tape - 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.. ... Minnewisowa - The visits, the 11th and 12th to Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa in just over a month by Obama, John McCain and their running mates, were the latest evidence of just how crucial these states have become to both campaigns. ?Minnewisowa? is a fanciful name coined for a battleground region rich in electoral votes that has been relentlessly targeted by strategists for both presidential campaigns.. ... fluffy - If you?re not familiar with the term, a fluffy?known in Australia as a baby cino?is basically a tiny cup filled with froth and sprinkled with chocolate for the pint-sizers, allowing them to think of themselves as coffee-swilling adults.. ... charticle - Well, here?s an equation that editors and designers in newsrooms ranging from small dailies in Oregon to major metros in Florida are increasingly turning to: Chart + article = charticle.?Charticles?as defined by Omaha World-Herald Deputy Presentation Editor Josh Crutchmer?are combinations of text, images and graphics that take the place of a full article. But in many newsrooms, the term refers to a bunch of blurbs floating around with no byline, no transitions and?gasp!?no nut graph.. ... window-dress - Tuesday?s markets should also be influenced by the end of the third quarter. Fund managers usually try to ?window dress??Wall Street lingo for closing out positions?before they have to report their quarterly gains or losses to shareholders.. ... doughnut effect - Asters are easily propagated by division in the early spring. Simply dig the clump up once the shoots appear in early May, and gently pull the crown apart. When they require dividing, you will notice new growth around the outside of the clump only. The center will look dead; this is often called the doughnut effect. Dig, divide and toss the old center out, then replant the healthy plants from around the outer edge of the clump in a full sun location, with a moist yet well-drained organically rich soil.. ... Southwest effect - What isn?t known is how much demand for travel will disappear this fall if fares are higher and the economy weakens further. When discounters enter markets and force all airlines to cut prices, traffic increases exponentially?the Department of Transportation once labeled that stimulation ?The Southwest Effect.?. ... cutter t-shirt - 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.. ... Taliban union - 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.. ... suicide headache - 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.?. ... packing for Perth - 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.. ... zombie economy - 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.?. ... wasteman - 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).. ... stinkin? thinkin? - 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??.. ... Delaware effect - 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.. ... skronk - 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.. ... carting - 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.. ... balloon addendum - 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.. ... nuclear winter - 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.. ... recessionista - A recessionista is simply some one who seeks fashionable items that are also inexpensive.. ... paint the tape - 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.. ... Minnewisowa - The visits, the 11th and 12th to Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa in just over a month by Obama, John McCain and their running mates, were the latest evidence of just how crucial these states have become to both campaigns. ?Minnewisowa? is a fanciful name coined for a battleground region rich in electoral votes that has been relentlessly targeted by strategists for both presidential campaigns.. ... fluffy - If you?re not familiar with the term, a fluffy?known in Australia as a baby cino?is basically a tiny cup filled with froth and sprinkled with chocolate for the pint-sizers, allowing them to think of themselves as coffee-swilling adults.. ... charticle - Well, here?s an equation that editors and designers in newsrooms ranging from small dailies in Oregon to major metros in Florida are increasingly turning to: Chart + article = charticle.?Charticles?as defined by Omaha World-Herald Deputy Presentation Editor Josh Crutchmer?are combinations of text, images and graphics that take the place of a full article. But in many newsrooms, the term refers to a bunch of blurbs floating around with no byline, no transitions and?gasp!?no nut graph.. ... window-dress - Tuesday?s markets should also be influenced by the end of the third quarter. Fund managers usually try to ?window dress??Wall Street lingo for closing out positions?before they have to report their quarterly gains or losses to shareholders.. ... doughnut effect - Asters are easily propagated by division in the early spring. Simply dig the clump up once the shoots appear in early May, and gently pull the crown apart. When they require dividing, you will notice new growth around the outside of the clump only. The center will look dead; this is often called the doughnut effect. Dig, divide and toss the old center out, then replant the healthy plants from around the outer edge of the clump in a full sun location, with a moist yet well-drained organically rich soil.. ... Southwest effect - What isn?t known is how much demand for travel will disappear this fall if fares are higher and the economy weakens further. When discounters enter markets and force all airlines to cut prices, traffic increases exponentially?the Department of Transportation once labeled that stimulation ?The Southwest Effect.?. ... plaudit: Dictionary.com Word of the Day - plaudit: enthusiastic approval.... Copyright © 2008, The Veggie Lady - Free Organic Gardening Advice. All Rights Reserved. |