suitcase

suitcase
 v.— «Many suspects in police custody also died while forced face down in restraints—most often when being “hogtied” or “suitcased” with wrists and ankles tied together, the group said.» —“Florida cases cited in report condemning U.S. human rights record” in Miami, Florida Associated Press Oct. 7, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Further reading

Salad Days (episode #1582)

A documentary film called My Beautiful Stutter follows youngsters at a summer camp specifically for stutterers. It’s a place for finding acceptance, support, and confidence for navigating the larger world. And:, “The High Priestess of...

Bag-Raising, a Dialect Feature

A caller who grew up in Wisconsin says his spouse, who’s from Florida, teases him for such things as pronouncing bagel like “BEG-el” and dagger as “DEG-ger.” They’re just products of his isolect, the regional variants from his particular dialect of...

Recent posts