L’s
n.— «He woke up from a drug induced coma cuffed to a hospital bed with a leo standing over him…gets more time than the driver,who was driving on a suspended L’s for dui.» —“Have cops ever helped?” Cannabis Edge Feb. 19, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
A magnificent new book celebrates the richness and diversity of 450 years of written and spoken English in what is now the United States. It’s called The People’s Tongue, and it’s a sumptuous collection of essays, letters, poems...
A ballicater is a jagged wall of ice that forms on a frigid shore when pans of ice catch on rocks and slush freezes over them. A Canadian woman who grew up in Newfoundland says she’s warned never to go near one. Ballicater, spelled several ways...