Dust-Off
n.— «You have only two weeks to go before you climb on that big silver Dust-Off and head back to the land of flushing toilets.» —by David H. Hackworth, Samuel L. Marshall Vietnam Primer Mar. 1, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
“What has a head like a cat, feet like a cat, a tail like a cat, but isn’t a cat?” Answer: a kitten! A 1948 children’s joke book has lots of these to share with kids. Plus: an easy explanation for the difference between...
When someone is perseverating or worrying too much, some Spanish speakers will suggest they stop obsessing with the phrase no te comas el coco. Literally, it means “don’t eat the coconut,” the word coco in Spanish being slang for...