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...distinct sense that to ski very far with it on your back and then hold it steady enough to hit a four-inch circle at 50 meters is an activity most certainly undertaken by men - oh, and the untold platoons of Nordic Amazons who could twist me into a pretzel. Now that I can handle the thing, and make a decent show of myself as a ski-borne marksman, I realize that my gun has contributed directly to an increase my self-esteem. This makes me love it even more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Happiness Is a Warm Gun on a Cold Day | 1/15/2001 | See Source »

Just 17,000 ft. above Black Rock Desert, the pilots of Southwest Airlines Flight 1763 set the controls for a midnight landing in Salt Lake City, Utah. As the tower radioed clearance, flight attendants in the back of the Boeing 737 began collecting Coke cups and pretzel bags. Suddenly, Jonathan Burton, 19, jumped into the aisle from his seat near the wing and started pacing back and forth. Then he bolted to the front of the plane and turned around. His eyes revealed his hysteria. "Everybody just sit down!" he yelled. "Everybody just sit down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Homicide In The Sky | 10/2/2000 | See Source »

...period is not arbitrary. World War II and its aftermath provided fantasy heroes with real villains. Superman interceded at critical moments to pretzel the barrels of German 88s. Captain Marvel punched Japanese Zeroes out of the Pacific skies, and Wonder Woman not only deflected machine-gun slugs with her bracelets but also offered future feminists an early model of the female as an empowered single...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Biff! Boom! | 9/25/2000 | See Source »

...national anthem, the Harvard and Yale bands create an H-Y pretzel and play together, and then at halftime, the band's student staff changes over...

Author: By Aaron R. Cohen, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Harvard-Yale Football: Who Cares | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

...love fucking oldies!" Beth yells. "Oh my god, I'm gonna die. Does anyone want a pretzel...

Author: By Micaela K. Root and Anna M. Schneider-mayerson, S | Title: Fifteen Minutes: CRLS.: The Kids Next Door | 10/21/1999 | See Source »

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