zombie n.— Note: The term dates from more than four decades ago. «By odd coincidence, I met my cousin Harry in the C. N. E. Horse Palace, where Ontario troops were first assembled. But we were on different sides, so to speak. I was...
hummer n.— «Hummer. Derogatory term for a composer who doesn’t prefer to notate his own music, with the implication being that he merely hums his parts for others to orchestrate.» —“SMPTE what?” by D.R...
linthead n.— «Almost always it features early on the fact that his mother’s family worked in Revolution Mill in Greensboro, that because of his grandmother’s asthma his family moved into the McAdoo Heights neighborhood and his mother...
snapper n.— «Police said a correctional officer overheard Campbell say to Morrissey, “At least I’m not a snapper like you.” Officials at the prison said that in Vermont prisons “snapper” is a derogatory term for an...
PowerPoint Ranger n.—Gloss: a derogatory term for a military bureaucrat or policy wonk. «As anyone who has ever worked in or near it can attest, the DoD is run by what I like to call Powerpoint Rangers: guys like Thomas Barnett, who latch...
poop butt n.— «Asked Monday, Beavers quickly denied there was anything misleading, saying “oh, hell no,” before calling Orr a “little poop butt.” » —“He’s ‘a little poop butt’” by Steve...