supermanning n.— «The Navy said Thursday a Texas-based helicopter crewman who fell to his death in October was performing a stunt called “Supermanning.” The stunt involved hanging from an open cargo door and letting the rushing wind “fly”...
road-side-a n.— «If you spot attractive foliage in a stranger’s landscape or along a public road, make sure you ask permission to cut. Margaret-Ann Ashton warns against “road-side-a,” a coined word meaning “plants you see along the...
KenTacoHut n.— «Many places in our game-world will not serve you if you are heavily modified. try to exist where even KenTacoHut shows you the door.» —“Re: [CP 2020] Third edition suggestions” by Douglas E...
John Wayne v.— «“We did it the old way. We John-Wayned it,” a firefighter mused using the term for hitting a door with your shoulder.» —“More vignettes from the Gulf Coast area” by Tony Gnoffo et al. in Kiln...
lick n.— «“(Ibrahim) came to my door and asked me if I wanted to do a lick,” said Brown, who was 14 years old at the time of the murder, adding a lick is a street term for a robbery or burglary.» —“Ibrahim trial in 2002...
back door victory n.— «Still more fiendish is the strategy of “playing dead,” again supposedly being employed by the Conservatives. According to a series of pundits, Conservative leader Michael Howard has avoided saying...