sanky panky n.— «The names the men and women are known by colloquially belie the true nature of the transaction, some research suggests: It’s sex for hire, where black men’s flesh is tied—at least temporarily—to white women’s pursestrings...
bankster n.— «The Dominican government’s victory in a Miami courtroom earlier this week over one of the Caribbean nation’s most powerful financiers was a milestone in bringing the alleged architects of the country’s 2003 banking crisis to...
Nueba Yol
n.— «(film title)» —by Angel Muniz in Dominican Republic Neuba Yol , 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Nueba Yol n.— «Historically, New York, or “Nueba Yol” as it is rendered in Dominican Spanish, has represented the United States for Dominicans. “Me voy pa’ Nueba Yol!” exults the hero, Balbuena, in the Dominican...
Nueba Yol n.— «The skinny scrap of a boy who had gone to “Nueba Yol” four years earlier was so much bigger now.» —“Finally, Back to the Island for a Summer at Home” by Sara Rimer in Villa Vasquez...
buscone n.— «Throw a scout, an agent, a coach and an entrepreneur into a blender, then mix, and you have a buscone (boo-SCONE-ay).» —“Search for Dominican talent no longer a hit-or-miss affair” by Jim...