saga lout n.— «Psychiatrist Dr Peter Rice says more older people are problem drinkers. He’s so concerned that he’s coined a term for us latter-day tipplers: Saga louts. “People are increasing their drinking between the age of 60 and...
beaver fever n.— «Pender said the water treatment plant will resolve long-standing complaints that residents have had with the quality of drinking water. In the early 1990s, the city’s supply was contaminated with giardia, a parasitic...
Shawskank Redemption n.— «Shawskank Redemption…We all know what jailbirds love: Making shivs out of sporks, drinking moonshine made from fermented peaches and mouthwash, making shivs out of toothbrushes, etc. Well, you can go ahead...
spit take n.— «Spit Take: Reaction to surprise news while drinking a glass of water was so perfected by one man that it will forever be known as the Danny Thomas Spit Take. At the dinner table, Danny’s reaction to any news he didn’t want...
gray rape n.— «Some have coined a term for what can happen when hooking up becomes sexual assault: “gray rape.” Several of the women Stepp interviewed experienced date rape in circumstances they called “the gray area...
beaut n.— «That dialogue is one of the elements that makes Under the Mud so fresh. Street lingo positively trips off the tongues of the characters. Idiotic males are variously termed “beauts’”blerts’”quilts” or...