Eurabia n.— «The Egyptian-born writer Bat Yeor has for some years referred to the rise of a new “Eurabia” that is hostile in equal measure to the United States and Israel.» —“Eurabia?” by Niall Ferguson New York Times Apr. 4, 2004. (source: Double...
Dover test n.— «Since Vietnam, you may or may not have heard about the “Dover test,” which a military official coined as the threshold for what Americans could take as acceptable losses to the country, to people, and to the psyche in times of war...
watermelon
n.— «We have one for the greens—”watermelons” (green on the outside, red on the inside, i.e. closet commies).» —“Fun With Political Hate Speech” by Dean Esmay Dean’s World Apr. 25, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
mangel
n.— «After asking around I finally figured out that “mangle” is the slang word widely used to mean barbecuing.» —“To ‘Mangle,’ or not to ‘Mangle’?” by David Treppenwitz (Israel) Apr. 28, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
biking n. an (all-you-can-eat) food buffet or smorgasbord. Editorial Note: Rendered in Japanese as バイキング and usu. Romanized as baikingu. Etymological Note: From English Viking, referring to the Scandinavian origins of the Swedish smörgåsbord...
biking n.— «“Biking” is one of many Japanese words that they’ve taken from English. It means “all-you-can-eat,” pretty much the same as “tabehodai,” the proper Japanese words for such culinary indulgence.» —“The Truth About ‘Biking’” by Seth...
