A strategy of marketing that involves extending widely used standards of product categories with proprietary capabilities, and then using the differences to disadvantage its competitors.

plural of egg and spoon race

(humorous, emphatic) Done: past participle of do, indicating a passive voice.

(chiefly UK, idiomatic) With the choice between two unpleasant or distasteful options; in a predicament or quandary.

plural of gloom-and-doomer

A pair of lovers, particularly if they are young, visibly enamored, and come from families or groups that are on opposing sides of a dispute.

A German fairy tale, recorded by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812, about the siblings named Hansel and Gretel who are threatened by a cannibalistic witch who lives in a house made of cake and bread.

(baseball) Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris, who competed to break Babe Ruth's home-run record while on the same team.

Efficiently brief in duration, especially when referring to a task that becomes unpleasant when prolonged.

(UK, colloquial) Dressed smartly.