smitty
n.— «Before there were turbo and turbo-style mufflers, performance mufflers were limited to two types: steel-packs (the famous Smitty’s) and glasspacks.» —“Re: What are Glasspacks” Usenet: rec.autos.makers.ford.mustang Nov. 16, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
What if, instead of being an inanimate object, a dictionary were alive? That’s the idea behind a lavishly illustrated new children’s book called The Dictionary Story (Bookshop|Amazon) by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston. This is part of a...
Jim in Columbia, South Carolina, has noticed sportscasters’ use of the phrase on the season with reference to a period of time. This construction shows up in the sports pages as early as the 1880s, first referring to a team’s revenue and...