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...bring your high school yearbook, but be careful. If you think it would be a cute conversation piece, then go ahead. But be aware that when your new Harvard friends page through it, they will see that dorky picture of you in the cafeteria with a wad of spinach stuck between your teeth. Then you'll be sorry...
...turned out that I was in denial. And I was typical. "Since we were children, we have thought of our parents as being the strong role models," she said. As she spoke, a big heavy wad of something started to fill the part of my chest I prefer to reserve for breathing. I described this sensation to Dr. Benton in clinical terms: "You're making me feel creepy...
...loved my four years at Stanford. I wouldn't trade them for anything in the world, except, of course, a degree from Harvard, Yale or Princeton. But Stanford already got a whole wad of Stein money. Outside of organized crime, it's not traditional to charge someone for a service and then ask for more later. Gillette doesn't send me letters saying, "We know you cherish your Mach3 razor, so we thought you'd like to support our company by sending us even more money. Here's a list of your friends who have already sent checks, conveniently listed...
...talent to back it up. In this month's Talk magazine, her diva demeanor is on parade. She tells us that her two best friends since childhood keep her grounded-but then we find out that these girls are also her "personal assistants." Meaning that she forks over a wad of cash and they "draw her baths at the Ritz." Now that's friendship. When traveling, Jennifer "requires that she sleep on sheets with a minimum thread count of 250 and that she be driven in a black Mercedes with a male driver" (hmmmm...). And she has the ability...
...Oaklawn Park, Turf Paradise. Races go off like firecrackers on the Fourth, and watching four big-screen TVs and handicapping four sets of horses simultaneously induces a curiously pleasurable dizziness. I've seen a hobbled man pushing 80 scream for the duration of one race at Laurel, sling a wad of losing tickets into the air like confetti, then turn his attention to a stretch run at Santa Anita without missing a beat...