po-po
n.— «one wonders if an ignorant po-po [police officer] wielding a razor blade could damage ones windows themselves trying to be smug and strip the tint off…» —“Re: OT kinda: Experience with window tinting?” by “Rick Sutton”
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...