gonch n. underpants or panties; chones. Editorial Note: According to Katherine Barber of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, as quoted in the Edmonton Journal in 2004, this word takes a variety of spellings: “In Saskatchewan, it’s gauch, gitch or gotch...
hit-and-run bag n.— «We remember Hawley informed Nazel that he wouldn’t be able to make the trip.…Dutch wired back: “If it’s the fare don’t worry about that. Pick up your hit-and-run bag and come COD.”» —“Mr. Nazel Pays His Respects” by A.L...
NIABY n.— «“We’re not just NIMBY about wind energy,” Mollet said, referring to the “not in my backyard” acronym. “We’re NIABY—not in anybody’s backyard.”» —“Dutch Moving Wind Turbines Offshore” by Toby Sterling Washington Post Sept. 16, 2006...
Dutch 200 n.— «Brian Basacker pulled off a bowling rarity when he posted what’s known in lanes parlance as a “Dutch 200″ game in the Happy Fours summer league at Sonora Family Bowl. It’s a game in which the bowler alternates strikes and spares in...
drawbreak n.— «That bench over there is called a schnitzel bank by the Pennsylvania Dutch. If you were English, you’d refer to it as a drawbreak.» —“Have Broadax—Will Time Travel” Mother Earth News Nov.-Dec., 1985. (source: Double-Tongued...
talk out (the side of) one’s neck v. phr. to give an uninformed opinion; to fabulate; to talk unwisely or unguardedly; to blow smoke (out one’s ass). Also talk through (the side of) one’s neck. Editorial Note: The claim in the second 1994 citation...
