bubble n.— «Someone who offers them money is said to “flip them a bill,” and police officers are affectionately known as “bubbles.”» —“Beggars can be choosers” by Dina Chaiffetz Denver...
meat tag n. identifying information such as name, Social Security number, religion, blood type, etc., tattooed on a soldier’s body. Editorial Note: According to the Macquarie Dictionary, in Australia “meat tag” is a colloquial expression...
grow teeth v. phr. in golf, (said of a course or hole) to become difficult; generally, to increase in importance or effect. Editorial Note: The Oxford English Dictionary has a sense under tooth “pl. denoting the ability to compel or enforce...
open the kimono v. phr. to expose or reveal secrets or proprietary information. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
talk out (the side of) one’s neck v. phr. to give an uninformed opinion; to fabulate; to talk unwisely or unguardedly; to blow smoke (out one’s ass). Also talk through (the side of) one’s neck. Editorial Note: The claim in the second 1994 citation...
budget dust n. money said to be insignificant when compared to other (planned) expenditures. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)