Eastlos
n.— «He de-emphasized his Eastlos linguistic roots for a national Latino audience—no singsong accent, no Spanglish, no gratuitous use of “you know?”» —“Donkey Show” by Gustavo Arellano L.A. Weekly (California) Feb. 1, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
What if, instead of being an inanimate object, a dictionary were alive? That’s the idea behind a lavishly illustrated new children’s book called The Dictionary Story (Bookshop|Amazon) by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston. This is part of a...
Cat hair may be something you brush off, but cat hair is also a slang term that means “money.” In the same way, cat beer isn’t alcoholic — some people use cat beer as a joking term for “milk.” And imagine walking on a...