riggidy adj.— «Chet stopped writing on his form. “What? I don’t bet in God’s house, Bela. He plays a rigged game anyways. Bingo, my ass—that’s for them old fools in Miami dyin’ in the homes. Shit, I ain’t that riggidy yet, Bels...
de facto n.— «One’s unmarried partner is referred to as the de facto husband or wife by some authorities. This has passed into Australian casual usage, in contrast to other English-speaking countries, as the slang term defacto to refer to...
matasano n.— «Fast tangent: I learned recently that a slang word for doctor here is “matasanos”—literally, “kill healthy ones.” Like the old term “sawbones” in the States...
OSO n.— «“Polyamory is never having to say you’ve broken up,’’ said Sally Amsbury of Oakland, whose sex and love life openly includes her husband and two “other significant others,” known in polyamory parlance as “OSOs...
cagatinta n.— «He directs the reputed cultural magazine of the institution and with 84 years of age he goes every day to the bank, from which he retired after 37 years of work. But these are things that the miserable cagatintas...
kalo-kalo n. a slot machine or casino; (hence) a jocular reference to the financial affairs of Nigeria. Also kalokalo. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)