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- noun Plural form of
propeller head .
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john commented on the word propeller heads
“Sometimes, during the 30-minute briefings that Mr. Summers delivers in the Oval Office nearly every day, Mr. Obama addresses him as Professor, as in, ‘What do you think, Professor Summers?’ Sometimes, as he did in the Roosevelt Room one recent afternoon, Mr. Obama tweaks him and his fellow policy wonks, dubbing them ‘the propeller-heads.’�?
The New York Times, In a World Not Wholly Cooperative, Obama’s Top Economist Makes Do , by Sheryl Gay Stolberg, February 16, 2009
February 19, 2009