bonanza

bonanza    [buh-Nan-zuh] 

noun.  a sudden rush of wealth or luck; a spectacular windfall

"Biogen published experimental data for its drug candidate aducanumab for  Alzheimer’s disease. The treatment, if successful, could prove a bonanza for the company."

"Alibaba’s IPO last year was a bonanza for its investors including Yahoo."

"Melting ice isn't opening Arctic

to oil bonanza."

fiddle around

fiddle - a violin 

fiddle around - to waste time, to pass time doing unimportant things

"He is a night person, and he loves to fiddle around late at night when everyone has gone to sleep."

"My brother is outside fiddling around with his car engine. He should stop fiddling around and go out and get a real job."

"Acer has unveiled a PC Revo whose parts are designed to be fitted together like building blocks. Customers no longer need to crack open the case and fiddle around with cables and wires."

fraught

fraught    [frawt] 

adjective.  filled (with something undesirable)

"Maintaining friendships over social media like Facebook can be fraught with problems.  Research suggests that constantly reading other people’s chipper status updates may make you feel depressed."

"This Yankees baseball game seemed fraught with danger before it started, considering Tanaka's penchant for allowing home runs this season."

"The singer took to Twitter to deliver the message, which apparently had been fraught with miscommunication."

imperious

imperious    [im-Peer-ee-uh s] 

adjective. having or showing superiority over others; arrogant 

"The imperious Jamaican, Usain Bolt, surged home in 9.79 seconds edging Justin Gatlin, the fastest man in the world this year."

"She is an imperious movie star who thinks she's some sort of goddess."

"He was utterly repellent: arrogant, patronizing, imperious, uninterested in anyone except himself."

helicopter parent

helicopter parent

noun.  a parent who pays extremely close attention to their children; overprotects them;  "hovering" over them like a helicopter 

"Studies have shown that kids of helicopter parents are more likely to feel less competent, be less independent, and report lower levels of both self-worth and life satisfaction."

"Helicopter parents are afraid to let their children fail, so they never learn resilience."

"This is the behavior of an overindulged generation, raised by helicopter parents and lacking in resilience."

behemoth

behemoth    [bih-Hee-muh th]

noun. something very big or powerful 

"The New York Yankees are a billion-dollar behemoth with a payroll in the hundreds of millions."

"Firefighters have been able to contain 95 percent of a behemoth 69,438-acre fire burning to the north of Napa Valley wine country California."

"This national chained store is a behemoth that small local business owners fear." 

ominous

ominous   [Omuhnuh s] 

adjective.  (something) bad or unpleasant (going to happen); threatening

"Dow lost 470 points on the first day of this new month. It's an ominous start to September, which is historically the worst month for stocks."

"The company called her husband for an ominous meeting at headquarters, and he was fired that day."

"There are some ominous trends among younger Americans. The rates of obesity and diabetes are going in the wrong direction."