What do you call the cardboard sleeve that goes over a paper cup to keep your hand from getting too hot? A San Antonio, Texas, listener knows that the technical term for this sleeve is zarf, a word that comes from Arabic, originally denoting an...
A clopen shift is the weary-making retail or restaurant assignment where someone closes the business late, then comes back the next morning to reopen. The blend comes from close plus open, with variants such as clopening for the act of working one...
black and pink n.— «Pity the coffee vendor in New York who doesn’t know that a black and pink means a black coffee with a packet of saccharin.» —“Showdown at the Coffee Shop” by Kim Severson New York...
jingly market n.— «Tuesday is market day in Camp Bastion and you can buy everything from plastic encased scorpion key rings, Afghan flags to the “Sex and the City” DVD box set. It is a hive of activity with soldiers from all...
Fivebucks n. Starbucks, an American retail chain of coffee shops. Editorial Note: Common variants are Threebucks, Fourbucks, and Sixbucks. Much rarer are Sevenbucks and Eightbucks. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)