raincoat crowd
n.— «It’s a popcorn and Pepsi kind of movie house.…Somehow I don’t think the raincoat crowd is going to fully appreciate the Granada.» —“Linda and Georgina” in Dallas, Texas Los Angeles Times Feb. 4, 1975. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Andre from Campbellsville, Kentucky, says his mother won’t watch a movie if it’s ary a bit violent. What does the word ary mean? Spelled airy, ara, arey, or ery, this dialectal term a shortening of ever a, and means “any” or...
After our conversation about knitters’ slang, including the term stash, meaning “a supply of yarn not currently in use,” a Texas listener shares the message she saw on a sign at her local crafts shop: I hope my husband...