nom de womb n.— «Well, I feel pregnant. Much more so than I did last month with the chemical. This feels like it felt with Joseph, which is reassuring in a way because after all, my entire pregnancy with him was normal and easy, right up until the...
jingle mail n.— «When the recession of the early 1990s hit, many owners of converted apartments in the Boston area, and especially those who had purchased them as investments, resorted to “jingle mail”—sending condo-unit keys to their banks or...
angry-phone n.— «That rarest of breeds in the largely French-speaking province, Mr. Galganov is a bilingual Quebecker who rallies for the rights of English speakers (Anglophones) and against secession from Canada. That makes him an “angry-phone” to...
leave everything on the ice v. phr.— «You know what you get—a guy that’s going to be intense and is going to be demanding everything you’ve got. He wants you to leave everything on the ice because that’s the way he does his job.» —“Sutter’s Style...
bang in
v.— «In Boston, when one “Bangs out,” it means to call in sick for your shift. Conversely, the police “Bang IN.”» —“Question” by gary.saffer@mondo.org (Gary Saffer) Usenet: sci.optics.fiber Jan. 18, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
