reef
v.— «My father in law told me about returning a huge socket he broke when he reefed on it using a six foot cheater pipe.…My father in law asked him if he didn’t want to hear how he broke it, thinking that his use of excessive force would negate the warranty.» —“Re: Why do you buy Snap-on tools?” by Corky Scott Usenet: rec.aviation.homebuilt Nov. 7, 2003. (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...