Steve, a singer-songwriter from Rock Springs, Wyoming, shares some slang he picked up while months riding the rails and busking. Spanging refers to panhandling, from asking for “spare change.” The term bull refers to a type of security guard. Riding...
lexile v.— «Read 180, which Toscano calls the “Cadillac of reading programs,” employs what is called a lexiled reading model, meaning that each student reads a different text based on their own individual reading level.» —“Teaching to the test” by...
cadillac v.— «I knew that second one (another 2-run smash in the fourth) was going. I was so sure that I hot-dogged it around the bases. You know what I mean—I gave it that home run trot—sort of Cadillacked my way around the bases.» —“‘Greatest...
cadillac v.— «In baseball, you’re supposed to “Cadillac” around the bases…The expression the ballplayers’ own for savoring the sweet cheers of the crowd by trotting majestically around the bases.» —“Bob Addie’s Column…“ by Bob Addie in...
cadillac v.— «“People who work on that unit, the operators say, ‘We have that thing Cadillacing,’” Geary said. “It’s not a fair assertion that the unit was undermaintained.”» —“Latest BP blast site had record of inadequate maintenance” by Dina...
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v.— «When one of our tablet press operators has a easy night with no problems, they are referred to as “Cadillacing it.”» —“Auto Lexicon: Top 5 four-wheeled metaphors” by Galley Autoblog July 19, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
