urban tumbleweed n.— «Word Fugitives sought an American equivalent for the Irish term witches’ knickers, which refers to “disposable plastic bags caught in trees.”…People on both coasts and in between submitted urban...
olf n.— «One olf is the emission rate of air pollutants from a standard person, i.e. from an average adult working in an office or similar non-industrial workplace, sedentary and in thermal comfort with a hygienic standard equivalent to 0...
vernac adj.— «By the 1970s mythological movies were seen as downmarket and vernac, suitable only for films made in other ethnic Indian languages. (Vernac is short for vernacular. It is a common Indian English word for a person of an...
bark mitzvah n. a (13th birthday) party held for a dog. Editorial Note: Usually jocular. The event itself usually has few, if any, serious religious components and are less coyly known simply as cat mitzvahs and dog mitzvahs. In many cases, the 13th...
ruban n.— «However his new word already faces a stiff challenge—the equivalent term “ruban” is already in use in parts of the US and the Netherlands.» —“Welcome to age of the urbralite” by Tryst...
spadia n.— «The ad, called a “spadia,” was the equivalent of a full page, folded over the regular circular so that half showed on the front and half on the back. The private-label page pulled off to reveal more private-label...