king
v.— «Not to mention that you got busted by the cops in every single solitary town that you attempted to king.» —“Re: WEHT That So-called Celebrity Quality-Of-Life Offender?” by ghghhg55@aol.com (Georgiana Singer) Usenet: alt.gossip.celebrities Feb. 3, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
In the 15th century, the word respair meant “to have hope again.” Although this word fell out of use, it’s among dozens collected in a new book of soothing vocabulary for troubled times. Plus, baseball slang: If a batter...
Joan from Augusta, Georgia, says her grandfather used to pronounce the word onions as if they were spelled ernions. The word onion is adapted from the French cognate oignon, and thanks to variations in dialect, geography, and other factors, this...