dog whistle
n.— «The spot, which has no obvious reason to exist, is like a secret signal, a dog whistle blown on the thirtysomething frequency. Come back, MTV beckons, in a language it hasn’t spoken in years.» —“Has Mtv Sharpened Its Edge?” by Russell Smith Dallas Morning News Apr. 9, 1989. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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There are lots of names for mixed-breed dogs, such as Texas brown dog, TBD, Heinz 57, duke’s mixture, poi dog, and potcakes. Danes have a couple of creative names for them that involve traffic: A mutt may be called a gadekryds, or “street...
A kerfuffle is a fuss, bother, or disturbance. It’s from Scots curfuffle, likely from Scottish Gaelic car, meaning “turn,” “bend,” or “twist,” plus fuffle, a Scots word that means “to disorder” or “to ruffle.” Early forms like carfuffle and...