chicken-in-a-basket n. in attributive uses, connoting unsophisticated, unfashionable, or unoriginal entertainment, especially in a remote or rustic environment; in the form chicken-in-a-basket circuit, a series of performances by an unpopular or...
Vanna White veto n. a form of line-item veto that permits an elected official to strike single letters in legislation. Editorial Note: This term is specific to Wisconsin, where this type of veto—also called a pick-a-letter veto and similar to the...
potato n.— «Fishman took what looked like a potato chair shot from Santos (right on the skull, with nothing intervening).» —“[AAA] Triple-A Report 10/5″ by west@uncavx.unca.edu Usenet: rec.sport.pro-wrestling Oct. 5, 1992. (source: Double-Tongued...
turkey bacon n. a private security guard or officer; a rent-a-cop. Also plural. Etymological Note: A play off of “pig” and “bacon,” slang terms for police. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)