Fire Island option
n.— «I’d do what is now being called “the Fire Island option,” which involves putting up flimsy houses that you don’t mind losing to a storm. You don’t insure them.» —“With Findings on Storms, Centrist Recasts Warming Debate” by Claudia Dreifus New York Times Jan. 10, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Language is always evolving, and that’s also true for American Sign Language. A century ago, the sign for “telephone” was one fist below your mouth and the other at your ear, as if you’re holding an old-fashioned candlestick...
A listener in Unadilla, New York, says her husband, whose family is French-Canadian, uses the phrase That burns my onions when something irritates him. There are several kitchen-related metaphors used to express anger, including that steams my...