- smoking memo
- Gen Mgta memo, letter, or e-mail message containing evidence of a corporate crime (slang)
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smoking memo — (smoh.king MEM.oh) n. A memo, letter, or e mail message that contains irrefutable evidence of a crime. Example Citation: The hot seat may feel like an electric chair on Wednesday when senators get to ask Pat Wood III, President Bush s chief power … New words
smoking bed — n. Evidence of sexual misconduct by a politician or other public figure. Example Citation: The story concerns events that may or may not have happened eight years ago, as McCain first pointed his toes toward the White House. A female lobbyist had … New words
Smoking Gun — Something that serves as indisputable evidence or proof, especially of a crime. Here is an example used in everyday language from CNN.com on Feb 6, 2002: Maybe there was no proof before, but there is now; a secret memo personally handed to [U.S.… … Investment dictionary
smoking gun — noun indisputable evidence (especially of a crime) • Hypernyms: ↑evidence * * * noun, pl ⋯ guns [singular] : a piece of evidence that clearly proves who did something or shows how something happened This document is the smoking gun that proves… … Useful english dictionary
exit memo — (EKS.it mem.oh) n. A memo addressed to the employees of a company, written by a person about to leave the company Example Citation: Among the memoranda and spread sheets that make up most corporate communications, the goodbye memo mass mailed to… … New words
Downing Street memo — The Downing Street memo (occasionally DSM, or the Downing Street Minutes ), sometimes described by critics of the Iraq War as the smoking gun memo ,[1] is the note of a secret 23 July 2002, meeting of senior British Labour government, defence and … Wikipedia
Passive smoking — is the involuntary inhalation of smoke from tobacco products. It occurs when tobacco smoke permeates any environment, causing its inhalation by all people within that environment. Such smoke is called secondhand smoke (SHS) or environmental… … Wikipedia
drailing — pp. Composing and sending an embarassing e mail message while inebriated. [Blend of drunk and e mailing]. Also: d railing. drail, d rail v. Example Citations: A male friend of mine in Victoria enjoys passionate drailing (emailing when drunk) with … New words
Adlai Stevenson moment — (ad.lye STEV.un.sun moh.munt) n. A dramatic presentation of conclusive proof of wrongdoing. Example Citation: It was dramatic, but was it an Adlai Stevenson moment ? When the veteran American politician and diplomat tried to convince the world… … New words
Crime — 419 scam acoustic terrorism Adlai Stevenson moment aftercrimes age fraud Apple picking appraisal mill a … New words
blooding — n. In a criminal investigation, requesting DNA samples from a large number of people in an area where the crime is thought to have occurred or where the suspect is thought to be living. Example Citation: On Wednesday this week, police canvassed… … New words
