Marxist glue
n.— «For cops, wheat-pasting is another word for vandalism, but, more tellingly, wheat paste is also referred to as “Marxist glue,” thanks to its subversive history and proletariat-friendly ingredients (namely, flour plus water).» —“Stuck on Revolution” by Mindy Farabee L.A. City Beat (Los Angeles, California) Mar. 15, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
A Los Angeles, California, listener shares the following pangram, a succinct but understandable statement that contains all 26 letters of the alphabet: A quick fox jumps high / Vexing birds, zigzag winds fly / Haikus trap words, why? This is part of...
A psychiatric home health worker is curious about the use of nuthouse to mean “a mental health facility.” This term goes back to the turn of the 20th century. The word nuts itself once had an extremely positive connotation, referring to...
Thank God, there are linguists in America! Wonder if it is what I’ve been looking for.
I’m dying to ask my first question:
The Definite Article – what the heck is it?
“The New York Times”, but “Washington Post” – is it used in the first example because of the plural noun or what?