mahoff
n.— «Nobody ever raided this place, as long as it was in the family. Not when my grandfather, not when my father owned it. Too many bigshots ate here. Mahoffs. What they want with a raid?» —by Bill Kent Street Money Oct. 10, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
A Kentucky listener says her father often prefaced statements with the phrase I tell you what’s the truth. This regionalism appears in the Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English (Bookshop|Amazon). A shorter version is I’ll tell you...
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...