Sentence examples for term for being from inspiring English sources
("Made" is a Mafia term for being formally inducted through a blood oath).
That's the legal term for being able to rent or sell your property to whomever you choose.
That's the idiot-proof term for being "in irons," or pointed directly into the wind, which brings the boat to an unwanted standstill.
Even fastidious grandmothers now say, when confessing error, that they "screwed up"; "screwed" has also become a routine term for being victimized.
Dr. Norcross blamed "the brutal training surgeons get, the long hours, being belittled and 'pimped' " — a term for being bombarded with questions to the point of looking stupid.
Mr. Mbeki's government was often criticized, especially in his first term, for being too willing to constrain public spending to contain inflation.
He's equally at ease covering the effects of the temperance movement and introducing regional slang terms for being drunk.
Bella Todd I learned nothing of any use at university and got kicked out after five terms for being a drunk.
"The highly technical term for it is it's awesome".
The fashionable term for it is "sharing".
The technical term for this is "hooey".
