hot-cocked
adj.— «Now the F-16s are kept in what’s called “hot cocked” mode so pilots can jump in, pull the stick back and fly.» —“Wisconsin pilots ready to thwart air attack” by Meg Jones Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) Sept. 9, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
An anadrome is a word that forms a whole new word when you spell it backwards. For example, the word “stressed” spelled backwards is “desserts.” Some people’s first names are anadromes. There’s the girl named Noel...
Sara in Madison, Wisconsin, was reading an old edition of The Joy of Cooking and came across a recipe that described a cake’s ingredients as earrings for an elephant. She couldn’t discern whether the authors meant that was a good thing...