Mormon claw
n.— «They still use what’s called the “Mormon Claw.”…One of the characters wears it—pouf bangs that sweep down the face.» —“‘Big Love’: Polygamy ready for prime time” by Lynn Smith Los Angeles Times Mar. 6, 2006. (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...
Many of us struggled with the Old English poem “Beowulf” in high school. But what if you could actually hear “Beowulf” in the English of today? There’s a new translation by Maria Dahvana Headley that uses contemporary...