shmen n.— «His best wide receiver was out for the season after injuring a shmen, a sophomore and a converted quarterback to run the deep routes.» —“Sports People” Orange County Register (California) Nov. 26, 1987...
shmen n.— «Let us assume that “wench” is a current sexist way of making a masculine or neuter noun apply to women. We can hypothesize that “shwench” is a feminine form of “shmen.” From this...
streetism n.— «Uncontrolled pregnancies outside the marriage circle have led to a flood of births, with the mothers unable to trace the men responsible. The result is what has come to be known in Ghanaian parlance as “streetism...
shmen n.— «The College now officially calls all new students “first-years” in order to be more inclusive and politically correct. However, the unique Dartmouth slang “shmen,” which describes all new students, is...
simnot n.— «A new acronym can be added to the lexicon of neologisms that swamps education: Simnots. These are schools in most need of transformation; or will be when the package of measures to reform the comprehensive model of education...
ho-wop n.— «Called ho-wop, the vocals are crooning and the beats smooth but the lyrics will not win any decency awards. Arguably the first song of its kind is Eamon Doyle’s F*** It (I Don’t Want You Back), a harsh break-up song liberally...