"froth" is a real word in English.
It is used as a verb to describe the action of foaming or bubbling like the top of a beer or carbonated beverage. It can also be used as a noun to describe a light or delicate foam. Example sentence: The froth of his cappuccino had begun to disappear.
Of course all suggestions of improper behaviour by police have to be rigorously investigated but the current froth of comment impinges upon the integrity of most police officers, regardless of rank, which is unfair and unjustified.
Possibly this has triggered the bout of froth and bile.
But barely an hour earlier, as a last day that had been stoked and whipped to a froth from the outset approached its climax, things had finally got out of hand.
You start with a dry shake (ie, no ice), to whip the egg white into that uncooked-meringue-like froth you get in pro cocktails.
Yet the music Mr Oliveira issued from São Paulo reconciled the two seductive moods sweeping through Brazilian society: sumptuous living and revolution, froth and fright, nylon strings and gunmetal drums.
It concludes, surprisingly, that America should now emulate Europe's more commercial attitude.In this section Barbarians in the Valley Bubble trouble Spot the cartel In search of froth A sick business Be a man Hostess with the mostest Navigating the future One-yen wonders The mediocre middle ReprintsThe aerospace business is often unusual, but the satellite business is even weirder.
But froth, another source points out, can also mean the "foamy slaver sometimes accompanying disease or exhaustion".
But once they wiped away the froth, their core businesses were mature and mediocre as banks will discover with their branches.
Instead they talk about the quality of a company and its achievements," says Artie Wu, chief executive and founder of Vividence, a start-up that evaluates website designs.The once-giddy venture capitalists praise the return to basics: it blows away the froth.
A rise of one percentage point (including the quarter-point rise announced by the ECB last week) could make Irish homes overvalued by as much as 50%.Commentators in Britain and Ireland like to talk about the housing market "stabilising" after years of froth.
Perhaps all that can be said is that reading the oil market is as difficult today as it has been for a long time: strong demand, political unrest and OPEC discipline could drive the price higher, and encourage still more speculative buying; a slowdown in America or indiscipline in the cartel could remove a lot of froth in a hurry.
