Topics: wealth, work. Shawn Johnson, 2008 gold-medal Olympic gymnast and pint-sized jailbait, will be taking home a whopping paycheck of zero from the U.S. Olympic Committee this year.The same goes for swimming sensation Michael Phelps, beach volleyball vixens Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, and fencing champ Mariel Zagunis.ategory: Money. Shawn Johnson, 2008 gold-medal Olympic gymnast and pint-sized jailbait, will be taking home a whopping paycheck of zero from the U.S. Olympic Committee this year.
gnarled adjective. âº ârough and âtwisted, âespecially because of âold âage or no âprotection from âbad âweather: a gnarled âtree âtrunk The âold man âdrew a âlong, gnarled âfinger âacross his âthroat. (Definition of gnarled from the Cambridge Advanced Learnerâs Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press). See all translations.
Snarky means critical in an annoying, sarcastic, grumpy, wisecracking, or cynical sort of way. ... The adjective snarky is first recorded in 1906. It is from dialectal British snark, meaning 'to nag, find fault with', which is probably the same word as snark, snork, meaning 'to snort, snore'. (The likely connection is the derisive snorting sound of someone who is always finding fault.) Most dictionaries label snarky as Chiefly British Slang..