abbrev

Common abbreviation for `abbreviation'.

/*-breev'/, /*-brev'/ ........

by VAKI5 May 09, 2005

barrio

Neighborhood (Gang slang)

by VAKI5 September 25, 2003

Amarredos

Italian bit-size cookies that often come with meals.

"eatin' better amarrettos"

by VAKI5 September 14, 2003

across the board

Inclusive; everyone and everything; non-discriminatory.

The staff got pay raises across the board.

by VAKI5 May 10, 2005

hands-on

Involving active participation.

Someone with a hands-on way of doing things becomes closely involved in managing and organizing things and in making decisions.

Someone who has hands-on experience of something has done or used it rather than just read or learned about it.

"Hands-on investor" is an investor who has a large stake in a corporation and takes an active role in its management.

1.) I'm a 'hands-on' kind of manager so I don't stay in my office with the door always closed.

2.) Many employers consider hands-on experience to be as useful as academic qualifications.

3.) She's very much a hands-on manager.

by VAKI5 May 18, 2005

bolos

South American throwing weapon, a number of balls on cords.

"I'm throwin' bolos you'll find out who's the number one solo"

by VAKI5 September 14, 2003

a bad taste in my mouth

a feeling that something is false or unfair, a feeling of ill will

I left the meeting with a bad taste in my mouth. There was a lot of dishonesty in the room.

by VAKI5 May 09, 2005