Odious debt is a legal term usually applied to the endowments of dictators in the developing world.
The story coined an unfamiliar new expression — calling Saverin an "American defector," using the Chinese term usually applied to North Korean refugees who flee across the frozen Tumen River.
Some pitchers are said to be effectively wild, a term usually applied to a hard, erratic thrower who makes hitters nervous.
Riders are enthusiastic, there have been no accidents and drivers are termed "gracious" — not a term usually applied to mainland drivers.
The details surprise: the "schoolmarms" are informed that their students number thirty "head," a term usually applied to cattle; in the brutal winter, children ski to school on slats taken from old barrels.
The boffins in the back office apparently solved the issue of see-through creatures with a computer shading system called "transblurrency," a term usually applied to actresses who are in the process of thanking the Academy for their awards.
"Bestseller" is an overused term, usually applied thick, yet it still resonates.
In the United States, acting white is a pejorative term, usually applied to African Americans, which refers to a person's perceived betrayal of their culture by assuming the social expectations of white society.
Since Trump's surprise victory in 2016, Democrats have been advised repeatedly by a variety of pundits to stop focusing on "identity politics," an often vaguely defined term usually applied to perspectives or policies focused on race, gender, or sexual and gender identity.
On the other hand, an undergraduate population of young adults generally is not considered to be a vulnerable population (a term usually applied to groups such as children, prisoners or the mentally infirm).
