hell strip n.— «That comes with the territory on hell strips, the phrase some people use to describe the section of soil between the sidewalk and the street. It’s tough growing there, yet that’s exactly where certain die-hard gardeners...
trigger list n.— «So Barney did some digging and found out he was on something called a trigger list. It’s a list compiled by the credit bureaus, in this case, of people applying for home loans. “The credit bureaus are sort of...
perp n.— «The owners of good dogs pay and the question now remains how to secure the revenue from the perps that are always under foot, always at the heels of horses, always digging up plants in the park and forever howling and scrapping...
nagivator n.— «After digging around the Amazing Race web site, I discovered that the crew calls the person who sits in the backseat with the map the “nagivator” because they’re constantly nagging the driver. Heh...
buscon n.— «“But now if you don’t sign a player on the day he tries out, the buscon will take him to another team,” Norman said. “And now, some buscones are going to agents instead.”» —“Red Sox Are Digging Deeply...
fi n.— «After his plane’s wing clipped another’s, Doc Searls kept his sanity during the hours of interminable delay by digging into his kit bag for widgets that give him wireless connectivity. And best of all, he got some “free...