rugby n.— «My pot of day-old rice—fried with cashew nuts, green peas, diced ham, sliced mushrooms, and scrambled egg—has residual value, I am sure. It can be served to a street child who sniffs “rugby” (local term for contact cement...
biogenetic child adj.— «With egg donation, science has succeeded in, if not extending women’s fertility, at least making an end run around it, allowing older women who, for a variety of reasons (lack of money, lack of partner, lack of...
angeled egg n.— «My niece, Sara, and I made deviled eggs quite a bit because she loved them. One time I mentioned that they were too delicious to be called “deviled.” I thought for a moment and then said, “Let’s call...
frozen zoo n.— «During her eight years of service, she has advanced from washing lab slides to keeping the computerized inventory of what is sometimes called the “frozen zoo.” That includes thousands of animal sperm and...
egg beater n.— «Most of the fruit is “wet harvested.” The bogs are flooded and special harvesting machines, affectionately called egg beaters, whisk up the water to release the berries, which are full of air pockets and so...
bird egg n.— «According to police reports, at about 10 am yesterday, police and a groundsman pulled out six boxes and several bags containing the firecrackers commonly known as “bird eggs” or “cherry bombs” from the school dumpster...